generatrix

American  

[jen-uh-rey-triks] / ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ trɪks /

noun

Mathematics.

generatrices plural

1. generator.

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generatrix British  

/ ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks /

noun

1. a point, line, or plane that is moved in a specific way to produce a geometric figure

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generatrix Scientific  

/ jĕn′ə-rā′trĭks /

generatrices plural

1. A geometric element that generates a geometric figure, especially a straight line that generates a surface by moving in a specified fashion.

2. Also called generator

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• generatrices
  plural

Etymology

Origin of generatrix

First recorded in 1830–40, generatrix is from the Latin word generātrīx producer. See generate, -trix

Example Sentences

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generatrix generatrices

The generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

Shall she not be content with her beautiful part as generatrix of Faculty, but must seek to be exponent too?

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Upon this latter a 2.6 m. wooden pulley directly drove, through a belt, the 0.2 m. pulley of the generatrix.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

Under the class of natural faculties, we find three principal sorts; to wit, a facultas generatrix, an auctrix, and a nutrix.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

There are three of them in the direction of the generatrices of the cylinder, and this makes a total of 24.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various