semiminor axis
[ sem-ee-mahy-ner, sem-ahy-, sem-ee-, sem-ahy- ]
noun
Geometry. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.
Astronomy. one half the minor axis of the ellipse that one celestial body describes around another, as a planet around the sun.
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