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bisectrix
[ bahy-sek-triks ]
noun
, plural bi·sec·tri·ces [bahy-sek-, trahy, -seez].
- Crystallography. an imaginary line bisecting either the acute angle acute bisectrix or the obtuse angle obtuse bisectrix of the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
- Geometry. a bisector.
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A beginning was made by firing four shots at each plate in the bisectrix of the corners.
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