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PRONUNCIATION OF MINOR AXIS

minor axis play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINOR AXIS

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conjunction
determiner
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Minor 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 MINOR AXIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Semi-minor axis

In geometry, the semi-minor axis is a line segment associated with most conic sections that is at right angles with the semi-major axis and has one end at the center of the conic section. It is one of the axes of symmetry for the curve: in an ellipse, the shorter one; in a hyperbola, the one that does not intersect the hyperbola.

Definition of minor axis in the English dictionary

The definition of minor axis in the dictionary is the shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINOR AXIS

minor
minor arcana
minor canon
minor key
minor league
minor mode
minor orders
minor planet
minor premise
Minor Prophets
minor seventh
minor seventh chord
minor suit
minor term
Minorca
Minorcan
minoritaire
Minorite
minorities
minority

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINOR AXIS

anaphylaxis
axis
chemoprophylaxis
chemotaxis
epistaxis
major axis
neutral axis
optic axis
phototaxis
polar axis
praxis
principal axis
prophylaxis
radical axis
stereotaxis
tachyphylaxis
taxis
x-axis
y-axis
z-axis

Synonyms and antonyms of minor axis in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minor axis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINOR AXIS

Find out the translation of minor axis to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minor 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 «minor axis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

短轴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

eje menor
570 millions of speakers

English

minor axis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाबालिग अक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المحور البسيط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

малая ось
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eixo menor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট অক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

axe mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Paksi kecil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nebenachse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

短軸
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보조 축
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sumbu cilik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trục nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறிய அச்சு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लघु अक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Küçük eksen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asse minore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oś mała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мала вісь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

axa mică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δευτερεύοντα άξονα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kortas
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lillaxel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

akse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minor axis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR AXIS»

The term «minor axis» is regularly used and occupies the 60.303 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINOR AXIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minor axis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINOR AXIS»

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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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Steel Designers' Handbook
The buckling is primarily due to column action and, in this instance, members bending about their minor axis cannot undergo flexural-torsional buckling. • members bending about their major principal axis (x-axis) and only constrained to ...
Branko Gorenc, Branko Edward Gorenc, Ronald Tinyou, 2005
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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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Design, Fabrication and Economy of Welded Structures: ...
Minor axis and 3D joints In the case of minor axis connections the beam is connected directly to the web of the column, so it is bent around its minor axis. In the case of 3D connections, beams are also connected to the column from major and ...
Károly Jármai, József Farkas, 2008
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Intermediate Algebra
A point ofintersection of an ellipse with the major or minor axis The distance from the center of an ellipse to a vertex on the ... section ellipse foci major axis . minor axis standard form of the equation of an ellipse vertex eweeepoeP F Follow your  ...
Laura Bracken, Ed Miller, 2013
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Brickwork
Nails are then driven into these pegs and a strong building line is stretched from Fl round either of the pegs which are fixed at each end of the minor axis and then secured at the other focus. The line is now detached from the end of the minor ...
W. G. Nash, 1988
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Plastics Products Design Handbook
Now, simply by increasing the major axis speed to 8 rpm and maintaining 10 rpm on the minor axis, the ratio shifts to 4:1. This would mean that the mold mounting shaft spins about its axis once for every four revolutions of the major axis .
Miller, 1983
8
Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus
Length of major axis 4, length of minor axis 2, foci on y-axis 32. Length of major axis 6, length of minor axis 4, foci on x-axis 33. Foci , length of minor axis 6 10, 22 34. Foci , length of major axis 12 15, 02 35. Endpoints of major axis , distance ...
James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson, 2005
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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
The Microscope in Theory and Practice
g. I Biaxial + , plane of axes radial ; R major, L minor axis. Biaxial ±, plane of axes radial; R major, /. minor axis. Or, biaxial -, plane of axes taa. ; T major, L minor axis. Or, uniaxial — L = optic axis. I ...
Karl Wilhelm Nägeli, Simon Schwendener, 1887

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINOR AXIS»

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Extended hard-X-ray emission in the inner few parsecs of the Galaxy
The second component fits to a Gaussian with along the major axis, along the minor axis, and an inclination of θ = 57° from the positive ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
2
Past Global Warming Similar To Today's
Area was calculated from major and minor axis measurements, assuming an ellipsoidal geometry. Dashed lines show zones of genetically ... «reportingclimatescience.com, Dec 14»
3
Achieving Maximum Material Removal Rate with Short Pulse Width …
... elliptically-shaped beam, the beam spot is stretched along the “major axis” and the beam focal spot size is sustained along the “minor axis”. «Azom.com, Oct 14»
4
A hundred years in the round
“The designers positioned the Bowl so that the minor axis points to the sun at 3 p.m. on November 15. Thus no football player would ever have to look into the ... «Yale Alumni Magazine, Sep 14»
5
Integrated software helps optimize FPSO design
To provide minor axis stiffening for the overall structure, the software was used to change the properties of a previously modeled deck plate ... «Offshore Oil and Gas Magazine, Sep 14»
6
8 Avalon Hill Board Games That Deserve New Life
The German player would take on the Italian role as an Axis cohort, as well as the minor Axis allies of Finland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary. «The Escapist, May 14»
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The RotoMAAK desktop rotational molder
A 12 Volt gear motor turns the major axis and drives the belt system that turns the minor axis. Silicon molds are clamped to the center of the ... «ENGINEERING.com, Mar 14»
8
Technical FAQ: Dura-Ace 9000 compatibility, Campy troubles, and …
However, notice how far the tail of the derailleur cage is from the part of the chainring that is decreasing in size toward the minor axis, and as ... «velonews.competitor.com, Oct 13»
9
Kaaba the holiest place in Islam
Its major (long) axis is aligned with the rising of the star Canopus toward which its southern wall is directed, while its minor axis (its east-west ... «SpeakingTree, Oct 13»
10
Ground versus Grid: Low Distortion Projections—Part 1
Take a proper oblate ellipse and rotate it around its minor axis and you have a fair representation of the shape of the Earth. Topographic ... «Amerisurv, Aug 13»

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