eje

The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway is a short-line railroad that operates in the suburbs surrounding Chicago. The railroad is a link between Class I railroads serving Chicago and local industries in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana. Nicknames for the railroad include "The J" and "The Chicago Outer Belt Line". On September 26, 2007, the Canadian National Railway announced it plans to purchase a majority of the EJ&E, leaving only a small stretch of track in Indiana which will be reorganized as the Gary Railway.
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Umay (also known as Eje) is the goddess of the earth and fertility in Turkic shamanism. Umay is similar in many ways to earth-mother goddesses found in various other world religions.Umay and Eje (Ece) are rarely used female names in the Republic of Turkey. In Turkic mythology, Umay is the female goddess whose name means placenta in ancient Turkish. However, it has been discussed whether she is goddess or a spirit. According to researchers, she must be a spirit as a feature of Turkic mythology.
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n. axis; axle; hinge; linchpin

= axis [axes, -pl.], core, focus, hub, backbone, axle, pivot, shaft, centrepiece [centerpiece, -USA].
Ex: If one assumes that the author segment of the author-title entry is on one axis and title on the other, there are 1,000,000 positions in the matrix for the placement of entries.
Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.
Ex: Our focus in this text is on the first stage in the following diagram.
Ex: And since the main entry is the hub and most exacting aspect of our cataloging process, its replacement by a title-unit entry would greatly simplify the problem and expedite the operation of cataloging.
Ex: Since 1950 the backbone of British current bibliographic control has been British national bibliography.
Ex: The rolling press consisted essentially of a frame in which two large rollers were mounted one above the other, and were turned by means of four large spokes radiating from the axle of the upper one.
Ex: The use of decimal notation is seen as the pivot of Dewey's scheme and notational systems are analysed generally and compared with Dewey's.
Ex: The rest of the metal from the ladle filled the rectangular shaft between the two parts of the mould, and all of it solidified almost immediately.
Ex: The speakers will explain what actions have been taken to ensure that freedom of access to information remains the centrepiece of library philosophy in these difficult times.
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* eje de comunicaciones = communications hub.
* eje delantero = front end.
* eje del mal = axis of evil.
* eje trasero = rear end.
* en el eje = at the core (of).
* en su eje = at its core.