Definition of "axisymmetric" []

• Having symmetry around an axis: an axisymmetric cone. (adjective)

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• "I've got to wonder, though, why this study was so focused on axisymmetric nose cones for the cargo orbiter."
• "…Before the shell is punctured… the symmetry of the hot bubble begins to react to the axisymmetric distribution of the pressure ahead of it."
• "The latest lens is based on the "axisymmetric free-form-surface lens," which was announced by the laboratory in July 2007."