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PRONUNCIATION OF MAJOR AXIS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAJOR AXIS

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Major axis is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAJOR AXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Semi-major axis

In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is the longest diameter: a line that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the widest points of the shape. The semi-major axis is one half of the major axis, and thus runs from the centre, through a focus, and to the edge of the ellipse; essentially, it is the radius of an orbit at the orbit's two most distant points. For the special case of a circle, the semi-major axis is the radius. One can think of the semi-major axis as an ellipse's long radius. The length of the semi-major axis a of an ellipse is related to the semi-minor axis' length b through the eccentricity e and the semi-latus rectum , as follows: The semi-major axis of a hyperbola is, depending on the convention, plus or minus one half of the distance between the two branches. Thus it is the distance from the center to either vertex of the hyperbola. A parabola can be obtained as the limit of a sequence of ellipses where one focus is kept fixed as the other is allowed to move arbitrarily far away in one direction, keeping fixed. Thus and tend to infinity, a faster than b.

Definition of major axis in the English dictionary

The definition of major axis in the dictionary is the longer or longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAJOR AXIS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MAJOR AXIS

anaphylaxis
axis
chemoprophylaxis
chemotaxis
epistaxis
minor axis
neutral axis
optic axis
phototaxis
polar axis
praxis
principal axis
prophylaxis
radical axis
stereotaxis
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y-axis
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Synonyms and antonyms of major axis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «major axis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAJOR AXIS

Find out the translation of major axis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of major axis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «major axis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

长轴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eje mayor
570 millions of speakers

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major axis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रमुख धुरी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحور الرئيسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

главная ось
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eixo maior
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান অক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

axe majeur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paksi utama
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hauptachse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

主軸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주요 축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sumbu utama
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trục chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கிய அச்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मुख्य अक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ana eksen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asse maggiore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oś główna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Головна вісь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

axă majoră
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μείζων άξονας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoofas
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

huvudaxel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hovedakse
5 millions of speakers

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The term «major axis» is regularly used and occupies the 90.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAJOR AXIS»

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Statistics of Earth Science Data: Their Distribution in ...
On the other hand, the major axis line is chosen so that the sum of the perpendicular distances to the points is a minimum. The Ax and Ay residuals are simultaneously selected to give the minimum total deviation from the line (Fig. 6.1 d).
G. J. Borradaile, 2003
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Steel Designers' Handbook
I ff Minor axis bending A = deformation due to bending load action Major axis bending (b) Major axis bending and flexural-torsional buckling indicates buckled shape Figure 6.6 Combined axial compression and bending: (a) in-plane bending ...
Branko Gorenc, Branko Edward Gorenc, Ronald Tinyou, 2005
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Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists
... the scales on which they are measured and their sample variances. Major axis (MA) regression is estimated by minimizing the sum of squared perpendicular distances from each observation to the fitted line (Figure 5.12). For MA regression  ...
Gerald Peter Quinn, Michael J. Keough, 2002
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Design of Structural Elements: Concrete, Steelwork, Masonry ...
mc m, mLT Ma M. 1 (4.33) 1 (4.34) smaller of P^ and P^ compression resistance of member considering buckling about the major axis compression resistance of member considering buckling about the minor axis equivalent uniform moment ...
C. Arya, 2002
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Technical Mathematics
Standard Equation: Ellipse with a Horizontal Major Axis The standard equation of an ellipse with center at (0, 0) and the major axis on the .v-axis is b2 where a > b. The vertices are (— a,0) and (er.O). The endpoints of the minor axis are (0, —b) ...
John C. Peterson, 2003
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Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
7.3.2.4.4 Major and Minor Axes In order to express the dimension of the objects, it is a common practice to calculate the major axis of the object. The major axis is defined as the line connecting a pair of points located on the contour of the ...
Kayvan Najarian, Robert Splinter, 2005
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Statistical Regression Line-Fitting in the Oil and Gas Industry
When an elliptical data cloud is seen, we naturally tend to expect that any further out-of-range data will follow the same trend as the major axis of the existing data. The RMA line-fit extends into this area of imagined data. The line gradient for ...
Richard Woodhouse, 2003
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How to Make Patent Drawings: A 'Patent It Yourself' Companion
Circles. in. Perspective. Circles appear as ellipses (squashed circles) in perspective views. An ellipse has a major axis (the line extending across the widest part of the ellipse) and a minor axis (the line extending across the narrowest part of it).
Jack Lo, 2011
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Roadmap to the Regents: Physical setting/Earth science
It asks you to do the following on the diagram given: a Draw and label the major axis of Mars's orbit. Examine the diagram carefully. Notice that Mars's orbit is an ellipse because it has two foci (one of which is the Sun). The major axis must pass ...
James Flynn, 2003
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Technical Drawing
HOW TO DRAW A TRAMMEL ELLIPSE GIVEN: A major or minor axis of a required ellipse, and any located point through which the ellipse must pass, Figure 4-49A. If a major axis is given, mark the end points A and B. If the minor axis is given, ...
David L. Goetsch, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAJOR AXIS»

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Oh my baize! New cue sport LOOP turns pool on its head
The cue ball is placed on the major axis, and the person who breaks must name the colour he wants to pot. The game then proceeds like pool, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Minister Highlights Importance of 11 Child Commitments Compliance
... Social Reintegration, João Baptista Kussumua, regarded Monday, in Luanda, the production of statistics in Angola as a major axis, on which ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
The introvert 'quiet revolution' is not what it seems
Must one's sense of identity line up with a major axis of human individuality? Certainly not. Indeed, it would be underwhelming if our personality ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
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Axis Bank announces differential interest rate on high-value fixed …
Private sector major Axis Bank has decided to offer its customers higher interest rate on fixed deposits with lock-in periods of one to two years. «Economic Times, Jun 15»
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Inka Road still a monumental achievement after 500 years
Throughout its 100 years of use, the extensive road served as a complex network and major axis for communication, transportation, expansion, ... «Popular Archaeology, Jun 15»
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Inka Road Remains a Monumental Achievement in Engineering …
The Inka Road functioned as a complex network and major axis for communication, transportation, expansion, administration and political ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
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Berlin's tough repentance lesson for Tokyo
As two major Axis powers, Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan together inflicted grave disasters in the world during WWII. However, 70 years on, ... «Global Times, Jun 15»
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Smart clocking for error-resilient straintronic multiferroic logic
Each nanomagnet's magnetization has two stable orientations along the ellipse's major axis which encode the logic bits '0' and '1'. The goal is ... «nanotechweb.org, Jun 15»
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The Direct Detectability of Giant Exoplanets in the Optical
... and the semi-major axis distribution of EGPs. We assume cloud-free, homogeneous atmospheres and calculate phase functions for a given ... «Space Ref, Jun 15»
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See ringed planet Saturn at its best
The major axis of the rings spans 42 arcseconds for comparison. At favourable ring plane presentations such as this and when the seeing is ... «Astronomy Now Online, May 15»

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