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'''Axis''' may refer to:
In '''politics:
*[[Axis powers]] of World War II
*[[Axis of evil]], U.S. President George W. Bush's description of [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], and [[North Korea]]
*A parameter used in describing [[political spectrum]]
In '''science:
*[[Axis (anatomy)]], the second cervical vertebra of the spine
*[[Axis (deer)|''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, [[Universal Century Locations#Axis|an asteroid]] in the ''Gundam'' anime universe
*Axis Zeon, [[Zeon#Neo-Zeon Movements|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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