Axis
Of line.
A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions.
This concept's ID is @1~32520
Minor Axis
- minor axis
The shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid.
- semiminor axis
One-half the minor axis of an ellipse.
Major Axis
- major axis
The longest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid; passes through the two foci.
- semimajor axis
One-half the major axis of an ellipse; the distance from the center of an ellipse...
Also contains
- coordinate axis
One of the fixed reference lines of a coordinate system.
- principal axis
A line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither...
- optic axis
In a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction...