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axel

ax·el [ áks'l ] (plural ax·els)


noun 
Definition:
 
jump in ice skating: a figure-skating jump in which the skater takes off from the forward outside edge of one skate, turns in midair, and lands on the rear outside edge of the other skate

[Mid-20th century. After Axel Rudolph Paulser (1885-1938), Norwegian skater]
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