Major Axis Definition

Major Axis Sentence Examples

• Let AB be the major axis of the orbit, B the pericentre, F the focus or centre of motion, P the position of the body.

• The anomaly is then the angle BFP which the radius vector makes with the major axis.

• The "line of apsides" is that which joins them, forming the major axis of the orbit.

• The minor axis, on the other hand, is not constant, but, as we have already seen, depends on the latitude, being the product of the major axis into the sine of the latitude.

• Considerable remains of public buildings, constructed in concrete faced with small stones with bands of brick at intervals, an amphitheatre with a major axis of 390 ft.