adjective
definition
Having a single axis; monoaxial
definition
Having a single stem, with no branches, that terminates in a flower
Examples of uniaxial in a Sentence
Consider a metal in uniaxial compression where plastic strain only takes place in the 1-2 plane.
The loadings covered are either uniaxial in-plane compression alone or with a transverse in-plane tensile or compressive load.
Uniaxial compression is the only test in which it is possible to measure Poisson 's ratio with any degree of simplicity.
We are going to look at the specific case of uniaxial tension.
Two similar transparent uniaxial crystals show the same (principal) extraordinary refractive index, n e.
The surface pressure is a uniaxial compressive stress, acting perpendicular to the skin surface.
For uniaxial tests the loading rate can be set at rates between 0.05 N s -1 to 1000 N s -1.
This resolution of the original wave is the well-known "Principle of Huygens," and by its means he was enabled to prove the fundamental laws of optics, and to assign the correct construction for the direction of the extraordinary ray in uniaxial crystals.