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Axis may refer to:
In business
- Axis Bank, a private sector bank in India
- AXIS Capital, a Bermuda-based and global operating reinsurer
- Axis Communications, a Swedish manufacturer of IP cameras
- AXIS Flight Training Systems, an Austrian-based manufacturer of flight simulators
- AXIS Telekom Indonesia, a national GSM mobile operator in Indonesia
- The AXIS, a concert venue inside the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
In fiction
- Axis (novel), a science-fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson
- Axis, a colonized asteroid in the Gundam anime universe
- Axis Zeon, inhabitants of the asteroid Axis in the Gundam anime universe
- AXIS (comics) (also known as "Avengers & X-Men: AXIS"), a 2014 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics
In geography
- Axis, Alabama, an unincorporated area
In mathematics
- Axis (mathematics), lines used in a Cartesian coordinate system
- Informally, by extension, the line generated by a basis vector in linear algebra
- Axis of rotation, line around which any body rotates
- Axis of symmetry, a line that divides a two-dimensional object into identical shapes
In music
Companies and labels
- Axis Percussion, a US manufacturer of drum pedals and hardware
- Axis Records (disambiguation), the name of several music labels
Albums
- Axis (Paul Bley album)
- Axis: Bold as Love, album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Songs
- "Axis (song)", a 2013 song by Pet Shop Boys
In politics
- A parameter used in describing political spectrum
- Axis powers (World War II), Germany, Italy, Japan and their allies
- Axis of evil (first used in 2002), U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea
- Axis of Resistance (first used in 2002), the Shia alliance of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah
In science
- Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine
- Axis (genus), a genus of deer
- Axis (science festival), an annual technical festival held in Nagpur, India
- Axis system, a system of harmonic analysis
- Axial tilt, the tilt of the axis on which the earth rotates, relative to the plane of the ecliptic
- Electrocardiographic axis
- Multi-axial system of diagnosis used by the American Psychiatric Association and American Psychological Association
- Optical axis, a line of rotational symmetry in an optical system
- Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no birefringence
- Glossary of botanical terms#Axis, a line through the centre of a plant, usually meaning the main stem of a whole plant or inflorescence
In technology
- Apache Axis, an open source Web service framework from the Apache Software Foundation
- Multiaxis machining, a computer-controlled manufacturing process
- Yahoo! Axis, mobile web browser
See also
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