"major axis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: major axes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|major axes}} major axis (plural major axes)
  1. (geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape. Categories (topical): Geometry, Astronomy, Mathematics, Shapes Translations (longest diameter of an ellipse): 長軸 (Chinese Mandarin), 长轴 (chángzhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavní osa [feminine] (Czech), isoakseli (Finnish), grand axe [masculine] (French), Hauptachse [feminine] (German), főtengely (Hungarian), mór-ais [feminine] (Irish), 長軸 (chōjiku) (alt: ちょうじく) (Japanese), гла́вная ось (glávnaja osʹ) [feminine] (Russian), больша́я ось (bolʹšája osʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-major_axis-en-noun-pWcfogBY Disambiguation of Astronomy: 69 31 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 63 37 Disambiguation of Shapes: 57 43 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'longest diameter of an ellipse': 73 27
  2. (geometry) The diameter of a circle. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (diameter of a circle — see also diameter): halkaisija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-major_axis-en-noun-MXIRRimT Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'diameter of a circle — see also diameter': 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semimajor axis Related terms: minor axis

Inflected forms

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