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