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Webster 1913 Edition


Quadratrix

Quad-ra′trix

,
Noun.
;
pl.
-trixes
(#)
, or
-trices
(#)
.
[NL.]
(Geom.)
A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves;
as the
quadratrix
, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quadratrix

QUAD'RATRIX

, n.
1.
A square or squared figure.
2.
In geometry, a mechanical line by means of which we can find right lines equal to the circumference of circles or other curves and their several parts.

Definition 2024


quadratrix

quadratrix

English

Noun

quadratrix (plural quadratrices or quadratrixes)

  1. (mathematics) A curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve.