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Conjugate
·adj In single pairs; coupled. II. Conjugate ·adj United in pairs; yoked together; coupled. III. C...

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axis
axis, is, m. [kindred with Gr. ἄξων; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse;...

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axis
axīs is, m 1 AG-, an axle, axle-tree : faginus, V.: ab axibus rotarum, L.— A chariot, car, wagon :...

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Axis
·noun The primary or secondary central line of any design. II. Axis ·noun The second vertebra of th...

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axis
The imaginary line upon which a planet revolves, the extremities of which are termed the poles, ther...

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Self-conjugate
·adj Having the two things that are conjugate parts of the same figure; as, self-conjugate triangles...

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major axis
In the orbit of a planet, means the line joining its aphelion and perihelion. ...

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minor axis
In a planetary orbit, signifies the line perpendicular to the major axis, and passing through the ce...

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transverse axis
The first or principal diameter of an ellipse; that which crosses it lengthwise. (See major axis.) ...

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semi-axis major
See mean distance. ...

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