SEMIMINOR AXIS


Meaning of SEMIMINOR AXIS in English

/sem"ee muy"neuhr, sem"uy-, sem'ee-, sem'uy-/

1. Geom. one half the minor axis of an ellipse.

2. Astron. one half the minor axis of the ellipse that one celestial body describes around another, as a planet around the sun.

[ 1925-30; SEMI- + MINOR ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .