principal axis
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principal
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
first in order ...
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axis
noun[C]
uk/ˈæk.sɪs/us/ˈæk.sɪs/
a real or imaginary straight line going through the centre of a object that is spinning, or a line that divides a symmetrical shape into two ...
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The principal normal is simply theprincipalaxisfor the region, where the proper sign of the principal axis was determined during the centroid ordering algorithm.
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This gives the work an episodic structure which becomes theprincipalaxisof the musical discourse.
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We performedprincipalaxisfactor analyses for concreteness and imageability with raters as variables and words as cases.
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Moreover, the orientation of the building'sprincipalaxisis 458, as is the long axis of the pit.
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Again, the simulation for 1992 shows that all the parties were estimated to adopt equilibrium positions on thisprincipalaxis.
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A factor analysis was carried out by means ofprincipalaxisfactoring based on the correlation matrix.
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The palm is then allowed to pitch and roll relative to theprincipalaxis, but not to yaw.
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All other parties were then able to increase vote shares by moving away from the origin, along theprincipalaxis.
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The observatory's orientation is linked to that of the heavens, with theprincipalaxisof the tower aligned north-south following the plane of the meridian.
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The longestprincipalaxisof the manipulability ellipsoid shows the direction and the amplitude of the maximum velocity of the wrist.
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In aprincipalaxisfactor analysis with professional participants as variables and words as cases, only one factor with an eigenvalue over 1 was found.
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In aprincipalaxisfactor analysis with the participants as variables and the words as cases, two factors with eigenvalues greater than 1 were extracted.
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Aprincipalaxisfactor analysis of all 21 experiential neighborhood items constituting these three scales suggested a slight variation from the original subscale constellation.
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This condition is based on a conservative assumption that the palm approaches the object with its approach vector horizontal, perpendicular to theprincipalaxis.
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An explicit separation of internal averaging and mean orientation can now be obtained by transformation into aprincipalaxissystem for the interaction vector.
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This reduces the dimensions of the palm position search space from three to one, namely the coordinate of the palm along theprincipalaxis.
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Using the orientation of theprincipalaxisfor each region as a reference, the next section can be found by using a simple search algorithm.
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The joint torques are minimized when the force is applied in the direction of the shortestprincipalaxisof the manipulability ellipsoid.
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This is not the case in a traditional lattice gas on a cubic lattice, where momentum is only exchanged along theprincipalaxisof the lattice.
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It is widely believed that the large-scale structure angle and the angle of inclination of theprincipalaxiswith pure stretching strain should be the same.
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These relationships can be useful asprincipalaxisdirections can be determined independently of any measured data, reducing the number of variables in the order tensor analysis.
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However, the parties are not at identical positions at the mean, but symmetrically located about the mean, on the majorprincipalaxisof the voter distribution.
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These counterions (' condensed ions ') permanently neutralise a fraction of the total charge, which for an anisotropic molecule is proportional to the charge density along theprincipalaxis.
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However, more experiments with better resolution of structure angles and larger charges in theprincipalaxisangle are required before any definite link between the two can be established.
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