† semi-axen.
Obsolete.
= semi-axis n.
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1728 tr. I. Newton Treat. Syst. World 53 Put the semi-axe of the Earth's orbit 100000.
1780 Ludlam in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 70 379 An ellipse, whose first semi-axe is CA.
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