paraxial
adjEtymology From par- + axial.
1
Embryology, Medicine, Sciences Lateral to the neural tube.
- paraxial mesoderm
2
Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics Near an optical axis.
- paraxial radiation
3
Mathematics, Sciences Parallel to one or more axes of the coordinate system.
- paraxial rectangle
- Derived terms
- anterioparaxial, nonparaxial, paraxiality, paraxially