| 单词 | long axis |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong axis long axis n. the axis of an elongated or oblong figure or object that is the longer (in a plane) or longest (in three dimensions), i.e. that corresponds most nearly to its greatest dimension. ΚΠ 1672 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 7 4061 Note, that the long axes of the two Prisms in the experiment described..were parallel to one another. 1738 R. Smith Compl. Syst. Opticks II. vi. 441 At the mean distance of Saturn from the sun or Earth, the long axis of his ring..appears under an angle of 64 seconds. 1880 Nature 19 Feb. 373/1 The crater is ovoid, with its long axis running in a direction from west-south-west to east-north-east. 1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 144 The pulmo-cutaneous arch is the posterior arch on each side, running out from the heart almost at right angles to the long axis of the body. 1985 P. Waite in J. McLeod Oxf. Bk. Polit. Anecd. (1988) 40 The Speaker did not sit, as now, at the end of the long axis of the House, but at the end of the short one. 2003 O. Shine Lang. Tennis 31 Cross strings The strings that run perpendicular to the long axis of a racquet. < as lemmas |
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