Definition of "axes" []

• Plural of axis. (noun)
• Plural of ax1. (noun)

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• "The maker of the breaching axes is Daniel Winkler who, for twenty years or more has been pre-eminent in the re-creation of frontier cutlery."
• "The paper focuses on three main axes of future progress †true broadband support, personalized media, and distributed control."
• "The Mexico City we know today began as a rough sketch of an urban plan - attributed to Alonso de García Bravo, one of Hernán Cortés 'henchmen - incorporating two main axes at 90 degrees to the central plaza, with streets following a grid formation."