major axis
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of major axis
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The segment connecting the vertices is called the major axis.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
The segment connecting the vertices is called the major axis.
From Textbooks • May 6, 2020
The result is to make the major axis of Mercury’s orbit rotate slowly in space because of the Sun’s gravity alone.
From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016
The major axis is always the longest distance across the ellipse, and can be horizontal or vertical.
From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016
Its east—west major axis permitted many inventions adopted in one part of Eurasia to spread relatively rapidly to societies at similar latitudes and climates elsewhere in Eurasia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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