generatrix

[ jen-uh-rey-triks ]

/ ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ trɪks /

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noun, plural gen·er·a·tri·ces

[jen-uh-rey-truh-seez, jen-er-uh-trahy-seez]. /ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ trəˌsiz, ˌdʒɛn ər əˈtraɪ siz/. Mathematics.

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Origin of generatrix

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

Words nearby generatrix

generative phonology, generative semantics, generative-transformational grammar, generativist, generator, generatrix, generic, generic name, generosity, generous, generous to a fault

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How to use generatrix in a sentence

Shall she not be content with her beautiful part as generatrix of Faculty, but must seek to be exponent too?
Feminism and Sex-Extinction|Arabella Kenealy
The generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884|Various
Poetical philosophy has considered Love as the source and arbiter of life, and the Venus Generatrix the fount of our existence.
Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

British Dictionary definitions for generatrix

generatrix

/ (ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks) /

noun plural generatrices (ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪˌsiːz)

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

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Scientific definitions for generatrix

generatrix

[ jĕn′ə-rā′trĭks ]

Plural generatrices (jĕn′ə-ə-rā′trĭ-sēz′, -ər-ə-trī′sēz)

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