minor axis

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• axis

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

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• minor

  mĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (act. collat. form, v. mino) [minae], to jut forth, project. I Lit. (only p...

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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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• minor

  minor (1) ātus, ārī, dep.minae, to jut forth, project : minantur In caelum scopuli, V.— To threate...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Axis

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Minor

  ·noun A Minorite; a Franciscan friar. II. Minor ·adj Less by a semitone in interval or difference o...

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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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• Petras Minor

  PETRAS MINOR(Πέτρας ὁ μικρός, Scyl. l. c.;Ptol. 4.5.2; Stadiasm. § 39), a harbour of Marmarica, half...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• minor clergy

  Young chimney sweepers. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• conjugate axis

  The secondary diameter of an ellipse, perpendicular to the transverse axis. ...

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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 planets

  See asteroids. ...

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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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• ursa minor

  An ancient northern constellation, in which the north polar star is situated. ...

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• semi-axis major

  See mean distance. ...

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• nubeculæ, major and minor

  The Magellanic clouds (which see). ...

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