Definition of Minor axis

1. Noun. The shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid.

Generic synonyms: Axis
Terms within: Semiminor Axis

Definition of Minor axis

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Minor Axis

minnower
minnowers
minnows
minny
mino
mino bird
mino birds
minocycline
minor(ip)
minor-league
minor-league club
minor-league team
minor agglutinin
minor amputation
minor axis (current term)
minor calices
minor chord
minor connector
minor diameter
minor diatonic scale
minor duodenal papilla
minor expense
minor fissure
minor forceps
minor hippocampus
minor histocompatibility antigens
minor histocompatibility loci
minor hypnosis
minor hysteria

Literary usage of Minor axis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"Its minor axis is IK"- Using the above major axis as a minor axis draw the ... Draw an ellipse having a minor axis of 2J-fg" and a distance between foci of ..."

2. A Manual of Engineering Drawing for Students and Draftsmen by Thomas Ewing French (1918)
"One point on the ellipse is 1J^" to left of minor axis and %" above major axis. ... Its minor axis is 1J^"- Using the above major axis as a minor axis draw ..."

3. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1857)
"Ъ " " outer minor axis of the outer ring; -)- North surface visible, ... I' " " inner minor axis of the inner ring. — South surface visible. ..."

4. American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge edited by Jared Sparks, Johann Schobert, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1856)
"6 " " outer minor axis of the outer ring; + North surface visible, ... V " " inner minor axis of the inner ring. I the elevation of the Earth above the ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"If now the strip be moved so that the point a is always on the minor axis, and the point b on the major axis, the point P describes the ellipse. ..."

6. Architectural Shades and Shadows by Henry McGoodwin (1904)
"AIS B,s diameter Hence -- - = - , diameter A, Bj major axis of shadow-ellipse major axis of shade-ellipse ' minor axis of shadow-ellipse minor axis of ..."

7. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"If now the strip be moved so that the point a is always on the minor axis, and the point b on the major axis, the point r describes the ellipse. ..."

8. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1882)
"An ellipse is placed with its minor axis horizontal ; find (1) the lines of ... Through P draw the horizontal chord MN parallel to the minor axis CD of the ..."

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