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== Use in Roshar ==
The word axi is used to describe the individual components of air that are aligned and packed together during the process of [[Soulcasting]] them.{{book ref|sa3|120}} These axi are likely the various types of gas particles in the air, most of which are molecules consisting of two or more atoms.
In [[Surgebinding]], the Surges of [[Cohesion]] and [[Tension]] are defined as being related to different types of ''axial interconnection'', with Cohesion being the Surge of ''strong'' axial interconnection and Tension being the Surge of ''soft'' axial interconnection.{{book ref|sa2|part=ars}} This indicates that these Surges work on the bonds between axi
== Other Uses ==
[[Khriss]], a [[Silverlight]] scholar from [[Taldain]], mentions the ''strong axial force'' as one of the forces of natural physics.{{au ref|roshar}}
As Khriss mentions it while discussing Rosharan Surgebinding, the strong axial force is likely the same thing as the above-mentioned term ''strong axial interconnection''
Similarly, ''soft axial interconnection'', or the Surge of Tension, is likely related to another force that Khriss mentions in the same text, namely surface tension.
== Trivia ==
* The terms strong axial force and strong axial interconnection are reminiscent of the ''strong interaction'' in physics, responsible for the ''strong nuclear force'' between nucleons and the ''color force'' between quarks.
* Brandon has spoken about the nuclear forces and other fundamental forces being the inspiration behind the Surges.{{wob ref|10152}} However, he also qualified this by saying that he was not actually using those specific forces exactly, but is rather using more fanciful ideas partially derived from the concept of fundamental forces.{{wob ref|10559}} Thus, the similarity between the strong axial force and the strong nuclear force might just be mostly in the name.
== Notes ==
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