minor axis

English

Noun

minor axis (plural minor axes)

1. The shortest diameter of an ellipse, which bisects the major axis at a right angle.

Coordinate terms

• major axis
• semimajor axis
• semi-major axis

Derived terms

• semi-minor axis
• semiminor axis

Translations

axis of an ellipse

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 短軸 / 短轴 (dyun² zuk⁶)

  Mandarin: 短軸 / 短轴 (zh) (duǎnzhóu)

• Czech: vedlejší osa f
• Finnish: pikkuakseli (fi)
• French: petit axe (fr) m
• Japanese: 短軸 (たんじく, tanjiku)
• Korean: 단축 (ko) (danchuk)