uniaxial

adjective

Having only one axis.

Of, relating to, or affecting one axis.

Having one direction along which double refraction of light does not take place. Used of a crystal.

Having but one optical axis, or axis of double refraction. Iceland spar is a uniaxial crystal. See refraction, and cut under interference.

In biology, having one main axis to which the other axes are subordinate; growing lengthwise.