major axis

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major
adjective
uk /ˈmeɪ.dʒər/ us /ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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axis
noun[C]
uk /ˈæk.sɪs/ us /ˈæk.sɪs/
a real or imaginary straight line going through the centre of an object that is spinning, or a line that divides a symmetrical shape into two ...
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Examples of major axis

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The incoming wave fronts are perpendicular to the majoraxis.
The actual principal majoraxis was y=0.291+0.709x.
The image has been rotated to make the majoraxis of strain ellipse vertical.
Plasma on the axis is directed to left, to majoraxis of a torus.
This was primarily caused by their having extensive sinusoidal convolutions along their majoraxis.
Note that the vortices tend to be elliptical in cross-section with a vertical majoraxis.
The model itself cannot predict whether parties will move up or down the majoraxis.
Whether the party should move up or down the majoraxis is not determined.
Three-dimensional echocardiography demonstrates the majoraxis, incorporating information about the shape of the atrial septal defect.
All parties were able to increase vote shares by moving away from the origin, along the majoraxis.
Figure 1 shows there is a principal component, or majoraxis aligned at 45° to the security axis.
During balloon sizing, the oval-shaped defect became circular, with a diameter shorter than its true majoraxis.
The majoraxis of the ellipse simply includes the loci where a response was obtained with the stationary bar.
Figure 5 depicts the maximum wave amplitude around the coast of an elliptical island whose majoraxis is twice the minor axis.
Orientation of strain ellipse, representing flattening strain, can be measured in terms of the angle between the majoraxis and the tangents or isogons.
We must distinguish trajectories that have one bounce on a parallel line but do not cross the majoraxis of the stadium.
Since cross-sectional echocardiography cannot establish the angle of the majoraxis of an oval defect, the measurement is usually obtained in the shorter axis.
In contrast, we found that the chromatic discrimination ellipse for the no pedestal condition had a majoraxis angle of 458.
Regression lines for sandy-soil specialists and clay-rich-soil specialists are shown by dotted and solid lines, respectively, which were determined by the reduced majoraxis method.
This vector was invariant to the rotation of the cylinder about its majoraxis, which depended on where subjects grasped it.
As the entry angle decreases, the majoraxis of the ellipse varies inversely as its sine, and thus the aperture requires a longer time to close.
Based on the generalized inertia ellipsoid, it can be concluded that the moving platform can be easily accelerated in the direction of majoraxis of this ellipsoid.
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