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minor axis

American  

noun

Mathematics.
  1. the axis of an ellipse that is perpendicular to the major axis at a point equidistant from the foci.


minor axis British  

noun

  1. the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of minor axis

First recorded in 1860–65

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The minor axis is vertical but the end points aren’t given.

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

The distance from the center to the endpoints of the minor axis is 2.

From Textbooks ● May 6, 2020

Write the parametric equations of an ellipse with center major axis of length 10, minor axis of length 6, and a counterclockwise orientation.

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

What special case of the ellipse do we have when the major and minor axis are of the same length?

From Textbooks ● Feb. 13, 2015

In this book the terms major and minor axis will be used to designate the dimensions.

From Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught by Joshua Rose

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