Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word semi-major.
Examples
-
At lot viewing sessions for major or semi-major auctions, and on the bourse floor of major conventions, I often see coins with waxes, films, gels, putties and sort of paint-like substances.
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The PCGS Lawsuit Against Alleged Coin Doctors : Coin Collecting News 2010
-
At lot viewing sessions for major or semi-major auctions, and on the bourse floor of major conventions, I often see coins with waxes, films, gels, putties and sort of paint-like substances.
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: The PCGS Lawsuit Against Alleged Coin Doctors : Coin Collecting News 2010
-
Given the way things are at this point, making the changes is going to be a semi-major effort, if only because it means unplugging things en masse and likely untangling cable hell.
Desires for devices 2008
-
The earthquake plays a semi-major role here, and not in the way you might think.
-
I chose that particular slingshot because it results in a semi-major axis of 1 au, with a period of 1 year and somewhat ahead of the Earth in its orbit.
Asteroid Capture into Earth Orbit Stephen D. Covey 2010
-
The earthquake plays a semi-major role here, and not in the way you might think.
August 2008 2008
-
Using this as an interesting starting point, the authors ran another series of 201 integrations where the semi-major axis of Mars was changed by up to 30 mm.
Planets Found and Lost Walter Jon Williams 2009
-
Five and a half years after its release, Move Under Ground is still getting reviewed in major or semi-major anyway venues, this time at Tor.com.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
-
I don't know what kind of crack I was smoking when I decided to have a wedding, start a new job and begin semi-major home renovations in the first two months of 2009.
I'm gonna lose it microbiologist xx 2009
-
Using this as an interesting starting point, the authors ran another series of 201 integrations where the semi-major axis of Mars was changed by up to 30 mm.
Archive 2009-06-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.