SEMIMAJOR AXIS


Meaning of SEMIMAJOR AXIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈmā-jər- ]

noun

Date: 1818

: one half of the major axis of an ellipse (as that formed by the orbit of a planet)

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