Look up: Axel

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   Axel
   The axel is a standard movement in figure skating named after its inventor, Axel Paulsen. It is a jump involving one and a half turns in the air. The take-off begins from an outside edge of one skate, landing on the back outside edge of the other skate.
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   Axël
   (from the article `Villiers de L`Isle-Adam, Auguste, comte de`) Axël combines symbolism and occult themes and is set in a German castle. It concerns the lord of the castle, whose cellars hide a mysterious ...
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   axel
   (from the article `Grafström, Gillis`) ...ignored most competitions but the Olympic Games, Grafström was known for his smooth elegance, his perfectly executed routines, and the graceful ... ...their takeoff positions. They fall into two main groups: edge jumps (salchow, loop, and axel) and toe jumps (toe loop, flip, and lutz),...
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   Axel
   Axel is a Hebrew boy name. The meaning of the name is `Swedish divine reward; divine source of life ` Where is it used? The name Axel is mainly used In Scandinavian.It is an abbreviated form of Acke, used In Scandinavian.How do they say it elsewhere? Absalom ( In English and In the bible) For the opposite sex use: In French: Axelle (F) See alsoI
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   Axel
   Axel: see Absalon.
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