“极轴”常见的英文表达是 polar axis 。在数学、地理、天文学等领域中,该术语常被用来描述与极点相关、作为参考的轴线。例如:
In spherical coordinates, the polar axis is typically taken as the positive z - axis.(在球坐标系中,极轴通常取为正z轴。)
The Earth rotates around its polar axis.(地球绕其极轴旋转。)