Usually means: Longest diameter of an ellipse.
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  1. major axis: Merriam-Webster
  2. major axis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. major axis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. major axis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. major axis: Vocabulary.com
  6. major axis: Wordnik
  7. major axis: Wiktionary
  8. major axis: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. major axis: Dictionary.com
  10. Major axis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. major axis: Rhymezone
  12. major axis: FreeDictionary.org
  13. major axis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. major axis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. major axis: Encyclopedia

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Major Axis: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. major axis: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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  1. Basics of Space Flight Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (major axis)

noun:  (geometry) The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape.
noun:  (geometry) The diameter of a circle.

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