Assertion: ellipse's axis | /r/HasProperty | longer diameter
Facets:
value: the shortest
type: DEGREE
value: in geometry
type: OTHER
value: the
type: DEGREE
value: in an ellipse
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: The major axis is the longer diameter, and the minor axis is the shorter diameter.
text: Major axis is also the chord which is the longest one in an ellipse.
text: The major axis is the longest chord and the minor axis the shortest.
text: The semi-major axis is the longest radius and the semi-minor axis the shortest.
text: So you'll know that you're talk if you hear vertices you're talking about the endpoints of the major axis the longer diameter.
text: In geometry, the major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter: a line segment that runs through the center and both foci, with ends at the widest points of the perimeter.
text: The major axis is the longest diameter and the minor axis the shortest.
text: The major axis is the longest line segment that intersects the center of the ellipse and has its endpoints on the ellipse.
text: The minor axis is the shortest line segment that intersects the center of the ellipse and has its endpoints on the ellipse.
text: The major axis is the longer diameter and the minor axis is the shorter diameter.