-trices

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Separatrix \Sep`a*ra"trix\, n.; pl. L. {-trices}, E. {-trixes}.
     [L., she that separates.] (Arith.)
     The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal
     fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it
     follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of
     separation.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impropriatrix \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\, n.; pl. E. {-trixes}, L.
     {-trices}.
     A female impropriator.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadratrix \Quad*ra"trix\, n.; 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.
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