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semimajor axis

semimajor axis noun: half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.

Noun

semimajor axis (plural semimajor axes)

  1. Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
  2. Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.

semimajor axis meaning in Tamil

semimajor axis in Tamil

அரைப் பேரச்சு

Forms of semimajor axis

pluralsemimajor axes
alternative formsemi-major axis

Origin of semimajor axis

From semi- + major axis.

Questions about semimajor axis

What does semimajor axis mean?
Semimajor axis means half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse.
What is semimajor axis in Tamil?
Semimajor axis in Tamil is அரைப் பேரச்சு. See Semimajor axis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is semimajor axis?
Semimajor axis is a noun.
What is the plural of semimajor axis?
The plural of semimajor axis is semimajor axes.

Words near semimajor axis in the dictionary

  1. semimadness
  2. semimagical
  3. semimagnetic
  4. semimajor
  5. semimajor axes
  6. semimajor axis
  7. semimalignancy
  8. semimalignant
  9. semimalleable
  10. semimanual
  11. semimanufacture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semimajor axis (page history and authors); semimajor axis (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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