What is the ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis called?
eccentricity — (Math.) The ratio of the distance between the center and the focus of an ellipse or hyperbola to its semi-transverse axis. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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