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The distance between the two foci of an ellipse is called... what?

I know all about the axes, both minor and major, about eccentricity, the semi-latus rectum (no, that's got nothing to do with Uranus), and all else there is to know; except this. What's it actually called? Not how to calculate it, nor the symbol for it, but the name (if it even has one).

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If it doesn't have a name, I propose that we Christen it the 'Bi-Focal Displacement'. :)
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Stephie · 22-25, F
It is called a "directrix"
@Stephie Stephie! ♥
No, the directrix is something else.
Stephie · 22-25, F
@Bel6EQUJ5 you are totally throwing me off my axis with your answer 🫤
@Stephie Off your "axis". 😊
Your reasoning is starting to become circular.
Stephie · 22-25, F
@Bel6EQUJ5 It's because am starting to orbit around your intelligence in an elliptical path
@Stephie Now you're going off on a tangent.
Stephie · 22-25, F
@Bel6EQUJ5 I just hope it is not perpendicular. I hate those.