Perhaps Donneâs most famous prose, âMeditation 17,â is the source of at least two popular quotations: âNo man is an islandâ and (not his exact words) âAsk not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.â In his meditations, Donne sought to examine some aspect of daily lifeâusually a regular religious riteâand explicate its meaning for himself and, ...
In a CNC machine, axis means the number of motors that can be individually driven for positional control of the tool. A simple CNC lathe has only two axes for positional control of the tool, the X and the Z axes. So it is a two axes machine. A simple VMC ( vertical milling centre) is a 3 axes milling machine.
Noun. 1. axis-a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions. coordinate axis-one of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system. major axis-the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci.