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Axis may refer to:

In politics:

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

In science:

• Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine
• Axis (deer), a genus of deer
• Axis (Science Festival), an annual technical festival held in Nagpur, India
• Axial tilt, the axis on which the earth rotates
• Optical axis, in optics

In mathematics:

• Axis of rotation, line around which a three-dimensional object rotates
• Axis of symmetry, a line that divides a two-dimensional object into identical shapes
• X axis and Y axis, perpendicular lines used in the Cartesian coordinate system

In music:

• Axis: Bold as Love, album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Axis Percussion, a US manufacturer of drum pedals and hardware
• Axis Records, the name of several music labels
• Axis system, a system of harmonic analysis

In fiction:

• Axis (novel), a science-fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson
• Axis, an asteroid in the Gundam anime universe
• Axis Zeon, inhabitants of the asteroid Axis in the Gundam anime universe

In information technology:

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

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