Paraxial

Origin

- + axial

Full definition of paraxial

Adjective

1. (embryology) Lateral to the neural tubeparaxial mesoderm
2. (physics) Near an optical axisparaxial radiation
3. (mathematics) Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate systemparaxial rectangle

Derived terms

• paraxially

Related terms

• epaxial
• hypaxial