semimajor axis

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Noun

semimajor axis

1. (geometry) Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
2. (geometry) Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.

Translations

• German: Ellipsenhalbachse, Halbachse der Ellipse

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