Sentence examples for major axis from inspiring English sources
noun
The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.
The angle of the major axis.
Western sector cross-sectional slices through the comet along its major axis (longitudinal sections).
Cross-sectional slices through the comet perpendicular to the major axis (transversal sections).
The line of apsides, connecting the two points, is the major axis of the orbit.
The Full-Width Half Maximum of the gaussian along the major axis.
The mature egg of Drosophila melanogaster contains information that determines the major axis of the embryo.
The plan of individual features is elliptical with the semi-major axis oriented northeast.
The experiments are from left to right the one with a planetary semi-major axis of 1.140 a.u.
Shoji, D. & Hussmann, H. Frequency-dependent tidal dissipation in a viscoelastic Saturnian core and expansion of Mimas' semi-major axis.
The method uses the drag perturbation equation of the semi-major axis of the orbit.
