"major axis" meaning in English

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Noun

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 /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)
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  2. (geometry) The diameter of a circle. Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-major_axis-en-noun-MXIRRimT Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: semimajor axis Related terms: minor axis Translations (diameter of a circle — see also diameter): halkaisija (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'diameter of a circle — see also diameter': 45 55

Inflected forms

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