"minor axis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: minor axes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|minor axes}} minor axis (plural minor axes)
  1. The shortest diameter of an ellipse, which bisects the major axis at a right angle. Derived forms: semi-minor axis, semiminor axis Coordinate_terms: major axis, semimajor axis, semi-major axis Translations (axis of an ellipse): 短軸 (Chinese Cantonese), 短轴 (dyun² zuk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 短軸 (Chinese Mandarin), 短轴 (duǎnzhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), vedlejší osa [feminine] (Czech), pikkuakseli (Finnish), petit axe [masculine] (French), 短軸 (tanjiku) (alt: たんじく) (Japanese), 단축 (danchuk) (Korean)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "danchuk",
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          "word": "단축"
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      "sense": "axis of an ellipse",
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