central axis
Middle rotation line
The central axis is an imaginary line running through the middle of something, around which other elements are arranged or rotate.
In anatomy, it refers to the spine or the body's vertical midline.
In design and architecture, symmetry often organizes elements around a central axis: The building's rooms radiate from a central axis.
The term appears in physics, engineering, and botany wherever rotation or symmetrical arrangement matters.
- spineColumn of vertebrae
- spinal columnSegmented skeletal axis
- coreCentral essential portion
- pivotPoint of rotation
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
hub · rotation · symmetry · vertical · vertical line · pole · midline · shaft · spindle · trunk · backbone · meridian · fulcrum · alignment · balance · balancing act · nucleus · stem
- Centerscore, hub, nucleus, middle, focal point
- central regionheartland, core, interior, middle, hub
- symmetrybilateral, mirror symmetry, radial symmetry, bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry
- shafts and axesshaft, axle, spindle, crankshaft, driveshaft
- gardensflower garden, flowerbeds, Chinese garden, rose garden, herb garden
- perspectivelinear perspective, one-point perspective, three-point perspective, vanishing point, horizon line
central, axis, center, centre, centrally, centrality, centralize, centralization, decentralize