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MINOR AXIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The shorter or shortest axis of an ellipse or ellipsoid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("minor axis" is a kind of...):
axis (a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions)
Meronyms (parts of "minor axis"):
semiminor axis (one-half the minor axis of an ellipse)
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