zone-axis, n.

zone-axis
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zone-axisnoun

## Factsheet

### Where does the noun zone-axis come from?

Earliest known use

1870s

The earliest known use of the noun zone-axis is in the 1870s.

OED's only evidence for zone-axis is from 1878, in the writing of Henry Palin Gurney, educationist.

### Nearby entries

1. zona pellucida, n. 1841–
2. zona radiata, n. 1881–
3. zona reticularis, n. 1874–
4. zonarious, adj. 1656–
5. zonary, adj. 1881–
6. zonate, adj. 1866–
7. zonated, adj. 1803–
8. zonation, n. 1898–
9. zone, n. a1500–
10. zone, v. 1792–
11. zone-axis, n.1878–
12. zone centre | zone center, n. 1934–
13. zoned, adj. 1662–
14. zone defence | zone defense, n. 1927–
15. zone electrophoresis, n. 1952–
16. zone fossil, n. 1904–
17. zoneless, adj. 1748–
18. zonelet, n. 1855–
19. zone level, v. 1974–
20. zone leveller, n. 1956–
21. zone levelling, n. 1953–

## Meaning & use

1. 1878–
   See zone n. Compounds.
   1. 1878

      > The zone, the zone axis, and the zone plane are all denoted by the same symbol, namely (U V W).

      H. P. Gurney, Crystallography 22

Originally published as part of the entry for zone, n.

zone, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.