semiminor axis
noun
semi·mi·nor axis ˌse-mē-ˈmī-nər- 
ˌse-ˌmī-,
-mi-
: one half of the minor axis of an ellipse (such as that formed by the orbit of a planet)
Word History
First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above
- anticlerical
- anticlericalism
- anticlericalisms
- anticlericalists
- anticlericals
- anticlimactic
- anticlimactical
- anticlimactically
- anticlimax
- anticlimaxes
- anticlinal
- anticlinal theory
- anticlinal valley
- anticlinal vertebra
- anticlinals
- anticline
- anticlines
- anticling
- anticlinoria
- anticlinorium
- anticlinoriums
- anticlockwise
- anticlotting
- anticly
- anticoagulant