Coaxially

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. in a way that indicates elements arranged to share the same central axis
2. in a fashion that denotes the alignment of components along a common axis
3. In a manner where parts are positioned sharing a single central line

Etymology: "Coaxially" is a plain, technical formation: the adverb "coaxial" with the English suffix "-ly" added. The adjective "coaxial" is built from "co-", meaning "together" or "with", from Latin, and "axial", from "axis," the Latin word for an axle or pivot. Put together, "coaxial" describes things that share a common axis, and "coaxially" describes the manner in which they are arranged that way. The "-ly" ending traces back much further than the modern word. It descends from an Old English form "-līċe," which goes back to a Germanic root meaning "body" or "form," so the suffix originally carried the sense of "in the form of" or "in the manner of." English later attached it freely to adjectives to make adverbs, which is why "coaxially" follows the same pattern as countless other words.

Synonyms: concentrically, parallelly