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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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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 KenealyThe generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.
Poetical philosophy has considered Love as the source and arbiter of life, and the Venus Generatrix the fount of our existence.
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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
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