Quadratrix

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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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