semimajor axis

noun

Etymology

From semi- + major axis.

Definitions

  1. Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.

  2. Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semimajor axis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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