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generatrix
[ jen-uh-rey-triks ]
noun
, Mathematics.
, plural gen·er·a·tri·ces [jen-, uh, -, rey, -tr, uh, -seez, jen-er-, uh, -, trahy, -seez].
generatrix
/ ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks /
noun
- a point, line, or plane that is moved in a specific way to produce a geometric figure
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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Example Sentences
Shall she not be content with her beautiful part as generatrix of Faculty, but must seek to be exponent too?
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The generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.
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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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