AXIS OF A CURVE

Definition: AXIS OF A CURVE

AXIS OF A CURVE

1. (Geom.), a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords of a curve; called a principal axis , when cutting them at right angles, in which case it divides the curve into two symmetrical portions, as in the parabola, which has one such axis, the ellipse, which has two, or the circle, which has an infinite number. The two axes of the ellipse are the major axis and the minor axis , and the two axes of the hyperbola are the transverse axis and the conjugate axis .

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: AXIS OF A CURVE

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