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coaxial

having a common axis

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Six example sentences with coaxial, each labelled with its topic.

  • A coaxial cable carries the signal on a core wire wrapped by a shield that shares the same center line.

    Technology

  • The lens mount and the sensor must sit coaxial, or one edge of every frame drifts out of focus.

    Photography

  • A coaxial speaker puts the tweeter inside the woofer, so both drivers send sound from one point.

    Music

  • The two coils are coaxial, wound around the same line, so the field of one passes straight through the other.

    Science

  • The staircase and the lift shaft are coaxial, the stairs winding around the same vertical line the lift travels.

    Architecture

  • The kinetic sculpture's rings are coaxial, all spinning about one rod at different speeds so they never touch.

    Art

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