semi-minor axis of ellipse

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• Semi-minor axis — The semi minor axis of an ellipse In geometry, the semi minor axis (also semiminor axis) is a line segment associated with most conic sections (that is, with ellipses and hyperbolas). One end of the segment is the center of the conic section, and …   Wikipedia

• Semi-major axis — The semi major axis of an ellipse The major axis of an ellipse is its longest diameter, a line that runs through the centre and both foci, its ends being at the widest points of the shape. The semi major axis is one half of the major axis, and… …   Wikipedia

• Ellipse — Elliptical redirects here. For the exercise machine, see Elliptical trainer. This article is about the geometric figure. For other uses, see Ellipse (disambiguation). Not to be confused with ellipsis. An ellipse obtained as the intersection of a… …   Wikipedia

• Ellipse/Proofs — The derivation of the cartesian form for an ellipse is simple and instructive. An ellipse is defined as a the loci of points equidistant to two fixed points called the foci. Assuming that the foci are located at ( c,0) and (c,0) (ie. the ellipse… …   Wikipedia

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• Proofs involving the ellipse — The derivation of the cartesian form for an ellipse is simple and instructive. One simple definition of the ellipse is the locus of all points of the plane whose distances to two fixed points(called the foci) add to the same constant . See… …   Wikipedia

• Circle-ellipse problem — The circle ellipse problem in software development (sometimes known as the square rectangle problem) illustrates a number of pitfalls which can arise when using subtype polymorphism in object modelling. The issues are most commonly encountered… …   Wikipedia

• semiminor axis — /sem ee muy neuhr, sem uy , sem ee , sem uy / 1. Geom. one half the minor axis of an ellipse. 2. Astron. one half the minor axis of the ellipse that one celestial body describes around another, as a planet around the sun. [1925 30; SEMI + MINOR]… …   Universalium

• Hyperbola — This article is about a geometrical curve, a conic section. For the term used in rhetoric, see Hyperbole …   Wikipedia

• Conic section — Types of conic sections: 1. Parabola 2. Circle and ellipse 3. Hyperbola …   Wikipedia

• Elliptic orbit — A small body in space orbits a large one (like a planet around the sun) along an elliptical path, with the large body being located at one of the ellipse foci …   Wikipedia