6 sentences with 'axis'
Example sentences and phrases with the word axis and other words derived from it.
• « There was a beneficial stabilisation of trade across the west-east axis of Eurasia as a continent, as Silk Road traders enjoyed a relatively peaceful and stable route. »
• « Some of this was undoubtedly born of anti-Muslim prejudice, but there was also the simple fact that the Ottomans now directly controlled an important link in the East-West trade axis, making profits that Europeans wanted for their own. »
• « The formula of the V-22 "Osprey" is that of an aircraft with a tilt-axle rotor on each wing. When it takes off, the axis of the rotors is vertical and, once in the air, the engines are driven to bring the axis of the rotors to the horizontal position. »
• « It was an ancient belief that at the end of a millennium the world would end. This cataclysm could occur because of a new tilting of the earth's axis. »
• « The incredible Leaning Tower of Pisa has an inclination of 4.265 metres in relation to its vertical axis. It is 55.22 metres high on the north side and 54.52 metres high on the south side. In 1988 it was tilted by 0.64 millimetres, in 1989 by 1.06 millimetres, but the most dangerous tilt occurred in 1973 when it deviated by about three millimetres. Today, it is checked and carefully measured month by month. »