minor diameter — noun The innermost diameter of a cylindrical, circular, or helical feature, such as a screw thread, gear teeth, etc … Wiktionary
minor diameter — The diameter measured from the thread valley to the corresponding valley on the opposite side of the bolt or screw … Dictionary of automotive terms
minor diameter — noun : the smallest diameter of a screw thread … Useful english dictionary
diameter — The distance between one edge of a circular object to the other edge and passing through the center. Also see bead seat diameter bore diameter circle diameter external diameter inside diameter internal diameter major diameter minor diameter … Dictionary of automotive terms
Minor planet moon — 243 Ida and its moon Dactyl as imaged by the Galileo spacecraft in 1993 … Wikipedia
Minor (graph theory) — In graph theory, an undirected graph H is called a minor of the graph G if H is isomorphic to a graph that can be obtained by zero or more edge contractions on a subgraph of G. The theory of graph minors began with Wagner s theorem that a graph… … Wikipedia
minor axis — Axis Ax is, n.; pl. {Axes}. [L. axis axis, axle. See {Axle}.] A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
minor planet — noun a) An asteroid which orbits the Sun and is larger than 10 meters in diameter but smaller than a dwarf planet. b) Those planets smaller than Earth, specifically Mercury, Venus, Mars … Wiktionary
Angular diameter — The angular diameter or apparent size of an object as seen from a given position is the “visual diameter” of the object measured as an angle. In the vision sciences it is called the visual angle. The visual diameter is the diameter of the… … Wikipedia
bore diameter — 1. In a rifled barrel it is the minor diameter of a barrel which is the diameter of a circle formed by the tops of the lands. 2. In a shotgun it is the interior dimensions of the barrel forward of the chamber, but before the choke … Forensic science glossary