Axis

Axis may refer to:

In aerospace industry:

• AXIS Flight Training Systems, an Austrian based manufacturer of Flight Simulators

In communication:

• AXIS (A division of the Saudi Telecom Company)

In fiction:

• Axis (novel), a science-fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson
• Axis, a colonized asteroid in the Gundam anime universe
  • Axis Zeon, inhabitants of the asteroid Axis in the Gundam anime universe
• Axis Chemicals, a fictional chemical plant in the first Batman film and in DC Comics

In geography:

• Axis, Alabama, an unincorporated area

In manufacturing processes:

• Multiaxis machining

In mathematics:

• Axes, lines used in a Cartesian coordinate system
  • Informally, by extension, the line generated by a basis vector in linear algebra
• Axis of rotation, line around which any body rotates
• Axis of symmetry, a line that divides a two-dimensional object into identical shapes

In music:

• Axis (band), a 70s European pop/rock band
• Axis: Bold as Love, album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Axis Percussion, a US manufacturer of drum pedals and hardware
• Axis Records (disambiguation), the name of several music labels
• Axis system, a system of harmonic analysis

In science:

• Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine
• Axis (genus), a genus of deer
• Axis (science festival), an annual technical festival held in Nagpur, India
• Axial tilt, the tilt of the axis on which the earth rotates, relative to the plane of the ecliptic
• Optical axis, a line of rotational symmetry in an optical system
• Optic axis of a crystal, the direction in which a ray of transmitted light suffers no birefringence
• Electrocardiographic axis
• The American Psychiatric Association organizes psychiatric diagnoses on a five-axis system

In technology:

• Apache Axis, an open source Web service framework from the Apache Software Foundation
• Axis Communications, a Swedish manufacturer of IT equipment
• Yahoo! Axis, mobile web browser

In politics:

• A parameter used in describing political spectrum
• Axis powers, Germany, Italy, Japan and their allies during World War II
• Axis of evil, U.S. President George W. Bush's description of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea