coaxal

adjective

co·​axal

(ˈ)kō+

: coaxial: such as

a

of circles : having collinear centers and the same radical axis

b

of triangles : having the intersections of corresponding sides on a straight line called the axis of the triangles

Word History

Etymology

co- + axal

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