Pandas 함수에서 'axis' 매개변수는 무엇을 의미하나요?

import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

dff = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(1,2),columns=list('AB'))

+------------+---------+--------+
|            |  A      |  B     |
+------------+---------+---------
|      0     | 0.626386| 1.52325|
+------------+---------+--------+

dff.mean(axis=1)

0    1.074821
dtype: float64

A    0.626386
B    1.523255
dtype: float64

+------------+---------+--------+
|            |  A      |  B     |
+------------+---------+---------
|      0     | 0.626386| 1.52325|----axis=1----->
+------------+---------+--------+
             |         |
             | axis=0  |
             ↓         ↓