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minor axis
noun
- the axis of an ellipse that is perpendicular to the major axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
minor axis
noun
- the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minor axis1
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Example Sentences
Draw the line a b, the major axis, and at a right angle to it the line c d, the minor axis of the figure.
Its form is that of an ellipsoid, with a major axis 26 millimetres in length, while the minor axis measures 11 millimetres.
The marks D D, therefore, indicate the distance across the minor axis in Fig. 113.
Two small apiculi are inserted at about one-fifth the radius from the border near the ends of the minor axis.
The arches which stood at the extremities of the minor axis were the approaches to the imperial pavilions.
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