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semi-major

semi-major is the alternative form of semimajor.

Meaning of semimajor

Adjective

semimajor (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the semimajor axis, the long axis of an ellipse
    • a semimajor radius
  2. Less than major, but still significant
    • 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.1997, Harlan Coben, Drop Shot, page 291

Phrases with semi-major

Questions about semi-major

What is semi-major the alternative form of?
Semi-major is the alternative form of semimajor.

Words near semi-major in the dictionary

  1. semi-liquids
  2. semi-log paper
  3. semi-long
  4. semi-looper
  5. semi-loopers
  6. semi-major
  7. semi-major axes
  8. semi-major axis
  9. semi-Markov process
  10. semi-Markov processes
  11. semi-matt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semi-major (page history and authors); semimajor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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