semimajor
See also: semi-major
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semimajor (not comparable)
- (geometry) Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse
- a semimajor radius
- Less than major, but still significant
- 1997, Harlan Coben, Drop Shot[1], page 291:
- He waited by court sixteen, a semimajor court. It had the most seating next to the Stadium and Grandstand, though less than most high school gyms.