MAJOR AXIS (major axes, major-axes)

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Irregular inflected forms: major axes, major-axes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does major axis mean? 

• MAJOR AXIS (noun)
  The noun MAJOR AXIS has 1 sense:

1. the longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci

  Familiarity information: MAJOR AXIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAJOR AXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("major axis" is a kind of...):

axis (a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions)

Meronyms (parts of "major axis"):

semimajor axis (one-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse to one end)