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Glossary of Terms
Axis
By Pierre Joppen
Jul 7, 2004, 08:44

1) A line about which the Earth or a globe rotates. (2) In respect to a spherical coordinate system, the line to which directions are related and from which angles are measured. (3) Also, a line along which measurements are made in order to determine the coordinates of a location.

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