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Definition: Axle |
AxleNoun1. A shaft on which a wheel rotates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "axle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | AXLE An early string processing language. Program consists of an assertion table which specifies patterns, and an imperative table which specifies replacements. "AXLE: An Axiomatic Language for String Transformations", K. Cohen et al, CACM 8(11):657-661 (Nov 1965). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Electrical Engineering | That part of a rotor which carries other rotating members and which is supported by bearings in which it can rotate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Pin or shaft on or with which a wheel revolves. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Rear-wheel-drive automobiles and other vehicles usually have a "split rear axle". That is, each wheel is attached to a separate shaft, with a differential sitting between the two shafts and providing means to transfer power from the driveshaft to the two "half axles". The differential and split axle allow the two wheels to rotate at different speeds when the vehicle is turning.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Axle."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
Axle | English | Axiomatic Language for String Transformation | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan; (lift); wheel; (rotation); inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel. |
Rotation | Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. |
Support | Columella, backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "In to the axle" Reconnaissance party of William Musseter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | The Timken-Detroit Axle Co., Detroit, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Old auto wheel and tire with front axle assemblies, near Abbeville, Louisiana, junkyard. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Conversion. Farm implements to cargo winches. Grinding an axle for a marine cargo winch in the converted Midwestern plant of a farm implement manufacturer. This machine was formerly used to grind crankshafts for farm tractors. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Intercourse, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Hand worked axle and wagon bed. Amish wagon shop. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Welding axle. FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot. Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Francis Bacon | It was prettily devised of Aesop, ''The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! '' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They put stones behind the wheels, put the jack under the front axle, and lifted the weight off the limp casing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Auto parts and accessories which are most promising include air conditioners, rear axle components, and other high technology OEM components. (references) | |
Vehicle numbers, speed, and axle loadings can be measured by relatively inexpensive systems, but the equipment used to identify vehicles individually and by type, occupancy, and authorized status needs additional technical means and greatly increased cost. The pilot schemes for toll roads, with roadside, overhead, and buried sensors identifying individual road users, cost more than $100,000 for each sensor site employed. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Axle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.16% of the time. "Axle" is used about 163 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.16% | 160 | 24,760 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.84% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 163 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | American Axle & manufacturing Holdings Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "axle": automatic block with axle counters ♦ axle bar ♦ axle bearing ♦ axle bed ♦ Axle box ♦ axle cap ♦ axle fracture ♦ axle grease ♦ Axle guard ♦ axle load ♦ axle of a hinge ♦ axle pin ♦ axle tree ♦ Blind axle ♦ carrying axle ♦ Crank axle ♦ Cross axle ♦ dead axle ♦ differential axle ♦ Driving axle ♦ elastically mounted axle motor ♦ front axle ♦ ground clearance beneath one axle ♦ idler axle ♦ live axle ♦ muley axle ♦ power axle ♦ rear axle ♦ rotating axle ♦ trailing axle ♦ wheel and axle ♦ wound around the axle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "axle": axle-box, axle-boxes, axle-hung, axle-making, axle-producing, axle-tree. | |
Ending with "axle": two-axle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
trailer axle | 272 | 44 axle dana | 20 |
axle | 199 | utility trailer axle | 20 |
dexter axle | 119 | axle ratio | 20 |
american axle | 85 | axle atv | 19 |
moser axle | 60 | truck axle | 19 |
strange axle | 48 | tandem axle trailer | 18 |
axle dana | 47 | axle shaft | 18 |
rockwell axle | 47 | ford axle | 18 |
axle rose | 47 | axle code ford | 16 |
wheel and axle | 41 | axle gorilla | 15 |
jeep axle | 39 | axle big brickhouse tit | 15 |
rear axle | 38 | 60 axle dana | 15 |
boat trailer axle | 29 | currie axle | 15 |
axle portal | 28 | single axle trailer | 13 |
superior axle | 27 | axle conversion straight | 13 |
trailer axle part | 24 | axle ratio rear | 13 |
axle sensor | 24 | axle over spring | 12 |
cv axle | 23 | 60 axle dana front | 12 |
torsion axle | 23 | trailer axle kit | 12 |
american axle and manufacturing | 21 | axle unimog | 12 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "axle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | agteras (back axle, hind axle, rear axle), aandryfas (drive shaft, driving axle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bosht (Arista, axis, axletree, bobbin, fulcrum, kingbolt, kingpin, pivot, shaft, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | محور التماثل, محور العجلة (arbor, axled, hub). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | водещ мост, вал (billow, roller, shaft, spindle, tree), осов (axial, pivotal), ос (axis, axletree, kingbolt, pin, shaft, shank, spindle, stalk, tree), полуос. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 轨, 輪軸 , 軸 (axis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | náprava kola. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aksel (axis, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spil (axis, pivot, spindle), as (arbor, ash, axis, cinder, shaft, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akso (axis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | aksil (axis, spindle), ásur (axis, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | میله (Bar, Beam, Filament, Gad, Lever, Pivot, Rod, Shaft, Slat, Spike, Stem, Stilt, Style), محور (Axis, Hinge, Pedestal, Pivot), چرخ (Cart, Cycle, Loop, Rhomb, Turquoise, Wheel), اسه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | akseli (axis, shaft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | axe (axis), essieu (axle tree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | as (arbor, as, as if, as though, axis, how, if, in a way, like, provided that, shaft, spindle, such as). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | achse (arbor, axis, center line, pivot, shaft, spindle), Welle (arbor, billow, circle, craze, kink, light wave, ridge, shaft, spindle, stem, warp, wave, wavelength), Radachse (aletree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άξονας (axis, shaft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ציר (axis, hinge, mandrill, pin, pivot, pole, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tengely (axis, axle-tree, centerline, centre line, pivot, shaft, spindle, spool). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | öxull (axis, spindle), ás (axis, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | as (ace, axis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | asse (arbor, axis, board, center line, plank, shelf, spindle, tree), perno (axis, gib, gudgeon, hinge, hub, kingpin, mainstay, pin, pivot, spindle, stud, support, swivel), assale (axis, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 車軸 , 枢軸 (pivot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すうじく (pivot), しゃじく, し"ぼう (atrium, careful, chamber of the heart, confidence, deeply laid plan, deliberate, endurance, patience, popularity, shaft, thoughtful), きじく (axis, contrivance, criterion, key, plan, standard, yardstick), じて"じく (rotating shaft), じく (axis, magnetic domain, shaft, stem, way of expression, wording, words and phrases). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 차축. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | essyl (mandrel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | aksel (axis, spindle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axleay eixo (axis, center line, centre line, hub, kingpin, pivot, spindle), veio (axis, came, streak, vein). (various references) axã (axes, axis, pin), arbore (Arbor, spindle, tree), osie (Arbor, axis, axle tree, shaft, spindle). (various references) ось (axes, axis, axletree, axle-tree, bolt, center, centre, kingbolt, shaft, spindle). (various references) aiseal (jollity), mul (a conical heap, axle-tree, conical heap, mound, shingly beach). (various references) stožer (pivot, pole, swivel), osovinski (axial), osovina (arbor, axis, mandrel, shaft, spindle). (various references) eje (axis, axletree, hinge, hub, linchpin, pivot, shaft, spindle). (various references) axel (axis, shaft, shoulder, spindle), hjulaxel (Arbor, axis, spindle). (various references) แกน (axis). (various references) aks (axle tree, shaft), mil (Arbor, axle tree, cannon, gudgeon, mile, milliary, pin, pintle, pivot, probe, shaft, spindle, style, stylus, tree), eksen (axial, axis, pintle, pivot, pivotal, rachis, spindle), dingil (Arbor, axle tree, shaft, spindle). (various references) вісь (axis, center, centre, kingpin, pintle), ведучий міст, вал (bank, billow, bulwark, cam, water-wave, wave), піввісь (semiaxis). (various references) mỡ tra trục (axle grease), mỡ tra máy (axle grease). (various references) gwerthyd (bobbin, spindle), echel (axis, axletree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | axes, axis, cupis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "axle": axled, axles, axletree, axletrees. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "axle": transaxle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "axle": climaxless, taxless, transaxles. (additional references) | |
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"Axle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aale, acle, Aclu, Actel, adle, aele, afle, afli, ahle, aixl, ajle, akle, Aksel, alek, alle, alx, alxe, Alxi, amlee, aole, arle, asle, atle, aule, auxil, axee, axem, axeo, axep, axer, axie, axien, axl, axlan, axled, axlet, Ayle, caxel, cxli, exl, faxel, laxel, oxle, waxle, xel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "axle" (pronounced a"ksul) |
| 5 | a" k s u l | Axel. |
| 4 | -k s u l | pixel. |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, basal, brasil, bristle, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, Thistle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: axel. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-l-x" | |
-1 letter: ale, axe, lax, lea, lex. | |
-2 letters: ae, al, ax, el, ex, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-l-x" | |
+1 letter: axels, axile, axled, axles, exalt, latex, laxer, relax. | |
+2 letters: alexia, alexin, axlike, calxes, exalts, exhale, flaxen, flaxes, laxest, lexica, luxate, plexal, poleax, sexual, xenial. | |
+3 letters: abaxile, adnexal, alexias, alexine, alexins, asexual, axillae, calyxes, dextral, exactly, exalted, exalter, example, exclaim, exclave, exempla, exhaled, exhales, exilian, explain, explant, exposal, exuvial, fixable, flaxier, galaxes, hexapla, latexes, laxness, lexical, luxated, luxates, maxwell, mixable, overlax, oxalate, poleaxe, relaxed, relaxer, relaxes, relaxin, taxable, taxless, textual, vexilla, waxlike. | |
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