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semimajor_axis

semimajor axis

English

Noun

semimajor axis ‎(plural semimajor axes)

(geometry) Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
(geometry) Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.

Translations

Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse

German: Ellipsenhalbachse f, Halbachse f der Ellipse

Turkish: ana eksen, büyük eksen

Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola

See also

semiminor axis