1 What the â witness said in court was not â consistent with the â statement he made to the â police. 2  The â members of the â jury â left the court with a â police â escort. 3  He â arrived in court â handcuffed to two â police â officers.
optic axis. 1. a line connecting the center of the anterior curvature of the cornea (anterior pole) with that of the posterior curvature of the sclera (posterior pole). 2. the hypothetical straight line passing through the centers of curvature of the front and back surfaces of a simple lens.
y-axis â(plural y-axes) ( 1 algebraic geometry) The axis on a graph that is usually drawn from bottom to top and usually shows the range of values of variable dependent on one other variable, or the second of two independent variables. 2  Finnish: y-akseli (fi)  French: axe des y (fr) m, axe des ordonnÃ©es f.