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rotation axis Word Origin noun Crystallography.
- an imaginary line through a crystal about which the crystal may be rotated a specified number of degrees and be brought back to its original position.
Compare symmetry element. Origin of rotation axis First recorded in 1900–05 Also called axis of symmetry, symmetry axis of rotation.