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minor axis

The shorter axis of an ellipse, perpendicular to the major axis; length 2b.

The minor axis of an ellipse is the shorter of its two axes of symmetry, perpendicular to the major axis through the center, with endpoints at the co-vertices (0,\pm b) (or the corresponding horizontal pair) and total length 2b.

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