adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In the direction of the axis, from pole to pole.
1842. W. Grove, Corr. Phys. Forces (ed. 6), 129. Taking a position axially, or in the line from pole to pole of the magnet.
1859. Edin. Rev., CIX. 530. The screw is pierced axially.
1860. Maury, Phys. Geog. Sea, vii. § 345. If a bar of iron be suspended between the poles of a magnet, it will arrange itself axially, and point towards them.
