| 单词 | conjugate axis |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconjugate axis transverse axis (in the ellipse and hyperbola): that which passes through the two foci; conjugate axis, that which bisects the transverse one at right angles. The axes of an ellipse are also called major and minor.extracted from axisn.1conjugate axis (or diameter) conjugate axes or diameters (of a conic): two axes, etc., such that each is parallel to the tangent at the extremity of the other; in a conicoid, there are three conjugate diameters. conjugate axis (or diameter) of an ellipse or hyperbola: that which is conjugate to the transverse axis, the minor axis. conjugate function: see quots. conjugate hyperbolas: hyperbolas which have the same axes and asymptotes, but the principal axis of each is the second axis of the other. conjugate lines: two lines the pole of each of which, with respect to a conic, lies on the other. conjugate planes: see quot. 1862. conjugate point (of a curve): an isolated point whose coordinates satisfy the equation of the curve, an acnode (so also conjugate oval). conjugate points: points the polar of each of which, with respect to a conic, passes through the other.extracted from conjugateadj.n.< as lemmas |
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