tractrix

[ trak-triks ]

noun,plural trac·tri·ces [trak-trahy-seez, trak-truh-seez]. /trækˈtraɪ siz, ˈtræk trəˌsiz/. Geometry.
  1. a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.

Origin of tractrix

1
1720–30; <New Latin, equivalent to Latin trac-, variant stem of trahere to draw, pull + -trīx-trix

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