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.
Drag the origin to reposition the axes. The coordinate plane is a two-dimensional surface on which we can plot points, lines and curves. It has two scales, called the x-axis and y-axis, at right angles to each other. The plural of axis is 'axes' (pronounced AXE-ease). Points on the plane are located using two numbers-thye x and y coordinates.