Meanings
nounminor axis (plural minor axes)
plural minor axes
- The shortest diameter of an ellipse, which bisects the major axis at a right angle.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 短軸 /短轴
- 短軸 /短轴 (dyun² zuk⁶)axis of an ellipse
Chinese Mandarin 短軸 /短轴
- 短軸 /短轴 (duǎnzhóu)axis of an ellipse
Czech vedlejší osa
- vedlejší osaaxis of an ellipse
Finnish pikkuakseli
- pikkuakseliaxis of an ellipse
French petit axe
- petit axeaxis of an ellipse
Japanese 短軸
- 短軸 (tanjiku)axis of an ellipse
Korean 단축
- 단축 (danchuk)axis of an ellipse
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minor axis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20axis
MLA
“minor axis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20axis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minor axis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20axis.
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