Axis may refer to:
Businesses
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- The AXIS, Las Vegas resort/casino concert venue
- Axis Bank, a private sector bank in India
- AXIS Capital, a Bermuda-based and global operating reinsurer
- Axis Communications, a Swedish manufacturer of IP cameras
- AXIS Flight Training Systems, an Austrian-based manufacturer of flight simulators
- Axis Percussion, drum-related manufacturer
- Axis Records (disambiguation), several music labels
- AXIS Telekom Indonesia, a national GSM mobile operator in Indonesia
Arts and media
Fiction
- AXIS (comics), "Avengers & X-Men: AXIS" (2014), a Marvel Comics storyline
- Axis (film), 2017 drama directed by Aisha Tyler
- Axis (novel), 2007 science-fiction by Robert Charles Wilson
- Axis Amerika, the name of two different teams of super-villains who have appeared in DC Comics
- Axis Zeon, inhabitants of the asteroid Axis in the Gundam science fiction media franchise
Music
- "Axis" (song), 2013, by Pet Shop Boys
- Axis (Paul Bley album), 1977
- Axis (Pegz album), 2005
- Axis: Bold as Love (1967) by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Axis system of harmonic analysis
Dance
- AXIS Dance Company, a professional contemporary dance company and dance education organization in Oakland, California, U.S.
Politics
- Axis powers of World War II
- Axis of evil, including Iran, Iraq, and North Korea, as described by U.S. President George W. Bush
- Axis of Resistance, including Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah; a self-description of Shia alliance
- Political spectrum, sometimes called an axis
Science, technology, and mathematics
Biology and medicine
- Amyna axis, a moth of the family Erebidae
- Axis, an anatomical term of orientation
- Axis, a botanical term meaning the line through the centre of a plant
- Axis (anatomy), the second cervical vertebra of the spine
- Axis (genus), genus of deer
- Electrocardiographic axes, of the QRS axis
- Multiaxial diagnosis of psychiatric and psychological conditions
Mathematics
- Axis (mathematics), designator for a Cartesian-coordinate dimension
- A line (axis), generated by a basis vector in a linear algebra
- Axis of rotation, line around which a body rotates
- Axis of symmetry, line dividing a two-dimensional object into mirror-image shapes
Optics
- Optic axis of a crystal, birefringence-free direction of light transmission
- Optical axis, line of rotational symmetry
Other uses in science and technology
- Apache Axis, a web-service framework from Apache Software Foundation
- Axial tilt, between axis of planet and plane of ecliptic
- Multiaxis machining, a computer-controlled manufacturing process
- Yahoo! Axis, a mobile web browser
Other
- Axis (technical festival), annual event in India
- Axis, Alabama, an unincorporated area
See also
- Axes (disambiguation)
- Axial (disambiguation)
- Axis 2 (disambiguation)
