demi-grand axe
French, noun/də.mi.ɡʁɑ̃.t‿aks/
demi-grand axe is a French masculine noun meaning “semimajor axis (half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La moitié du grand axe d’une ellipse, c’est-à-dire son plus grand rayon”.
What does demi-grand axe mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemimajor axis (half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La moitié du grand axe d’une ellipse, c’est-à-dire son plus grand rayon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of demi-grand axe
- demi-grands axes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demi-grand axe?
- /də.mi.ɡʁɑ̃.t‿aks/
- \də.mi.ɡʁɑ̃.t‿aks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.