major axis

English

Noun

major axis (plural major axes)

1. (geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.
2. (geometry) The diameter of a circle.

Related terms

• minor axis

Translations

longest diameter of an ellipse

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長軸 (cmn), 长轴 (cmn) (chángzhóu)

• Czech: hlavní osa (cs) f
• French: grand axe (fr) m
• German: Hauptachse (de) f

• Hungarian: főtengely (hu)
• Irish: mór-ais (ga) f
• Japanese: 長軸 (ja) (ちょうじく, chōjiku)
• Russian: главная ось (ru) (glávnaja osʹ) f, большая ось (ru) (bolʹšája osʹ) f