minor axis

English

Noun

minor axis (plural minor axes)

The shortest diameter of an ellipse, which bisects the major axis at a right angle.

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Translations

axis of an ellipse

Chinese:
Cantonese: 短軸／短轴 (dyun² zuk⁶)

Mandarin: 短軸／短轴 (zh) (duǎnzhóu)
Czech: vedlejší osa f
Finnish: pikkuakseli (fi)
French: petit axe (fr) m
Japanese: 短軸 (たんじく, tanjiku)
Korean: 단축 (ko) (danchuk)

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