Definitions
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- adjective mathematics Describing each of the two segments of the
minor axis of aconic section at both sides of the center of the conic section.
Etymologies
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semi- + minor
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Examples
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The semiminor axis is 98. 6% of the semimajor axis.
Scientific Blogging logicman 2010
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a and b are semimajor (one half the major) and semiminor (one half the minor) axes of the enclosing ellipse.
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