generatrixn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪtrɪks/, U.S.

/ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪtrɪks/,

/ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks/

Inflections: Plural generatices, generatrixes.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin generātrīx.

Etymology: < classical Latin generātrīx (female) producer, in post-classical Latin also in specific mathematical sense (1742 or earlier; short for linea generatrix generating line (1669 or earlier)), feminine form corresponding to generātor generator n.: see -trix suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier genetrix n., genitress n., genitrice n. With sense 2 compare French génératrice (1704).In plural generatrices after the Latin plural form.

1. A producer or cause characterized as feminine; a female parent, a mother.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces

gendererc1384

bearera1387

bringerc1386

engendererc1390

producera1513

forthbringer1546

breeder1572

productor1584

productrice1585

spawner16..

brancher1610

procreanta1616

producent1622

productrix1630

generant1635

generator1637

productive1642

procurator1647

pregnatress1651

generatrix1657

yielder1733

productress1751

1657 H. Pinnell tr. Paracelsus Three Bks. Philos. ii. 32 The element of fire is the generatrix of the Stars, Planets, and the whole Firmament.

1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. vii. 218/2 Saturn by the Greeks is called Chronos, that is Time, in which all things are produced, and the Magnesia it self, which is the Mother and the Generatrix of our whole Work.

1772 tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xl, in Wks. III. 230 But God will not for ever cast away the Nature from him, but thus uses it..as a Generatrix of his Wonders.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 278 Night was called the mother, the generatrix of all things.

1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. Comm. i. iii This divine generatrix of every being and every blessing.

1857 Mercersburg Rev. Jan. iv. 87 Is the Church a mother or not?.. Is she the generatrix of saints or the receptacle of saints?

1918 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 5 240 Sirius has the function of generatrix of the New Year.

1962 J. Updike Pigeon Feathers 263 That instinctive optimism of the young animal that in America is the only generatrix of hope we have allowed ourselves.

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 72/1 One of the glories of the era was an offshoot line of nature poems whose generatrix was Marianne Moore.

2. Mathematics. = generator n. 2a.

ΚΠ

1802 Crit. Rev. 35 511 The surface has three remarkable lines; the first is a returning angle (arête de rebroussement), owing to the figure of the generatrix; the second is a similar angle, inherent in the generatrix.

1821 C. Crozet Treat. Descriptive Geom. 54 It must be supposed that we know how to draw a tangent to the generatrix of the surface.

1872 U.S. Patent 128,203 2/1 The lines..are the vertical projections of the generatrices of the surface.

1927 R. G. de Bray tr. A. Reymond Hist. Sci. Greco-Roman Antiq. (1963) i. ii. 73 The curves of the second degree are defined by means of a plane section taken perpendicularly to the generatrix of a right cone.

2007 Carbon 45 1688/1 The curved graphene layers are cylindrical with parallel generatrixes.

†3. A dynamo-electric machine used to generate electricity. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun]

dynamo1875

generatrix1884

magneto-dynamo1884

1884 Science 29 Feb. 259/2 The work absorbed by the generatrix, and transmitted to the receptrix, increases with the velocity of the generatrix. Depretz has succeeded in transmitting nearly four and a half horse-power through a resistance of a hundred and sixty ohms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	generatrix
释义	generatrixn. Brit. /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪtrɪks/, U.S. /ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪtrɪks/, /ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks/ Inflections: Plural generatices, generatrixes. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin generātrīx. Etymology: < classical Latin generātrīx (female) producer, in post-classical Latin also in specific mathematical sense (1742 or earlier; short for linea generatrix generating line (1669 or earlier)), feminine form corresponding to generātor generator n.: see -trix suffix. With sense 1 compare earlier genetrix n., genitress n., genitrice n. With sense 2 compare French génératrice (1704).In plural generatrices after the Latin plural form. 1. A producer or cause characterized as feminine; a female parent, a mother. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > that which produces gendererc1384 bearera1387 bringerc1386 engendererc1390 producera1513 forthbringer1546 breeder1572 productor1584 productrice1585 spawner16.. brancher1610 procreanta1616 producent1622 productrix1630 generant1635 generator1637 productive1642 procurator1647 pregnatress1651 generatrix1657 yielder1733 productress1751 1657 H. Pinnell tr. Paracelsus Three Bks. Philos. ii. 32 The element of fire is the generatrix of the Stars, Planets, and the whole Firmament. 1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. vii. 218/2 Saturn by the Greeks is called Chronos, that is Time, in which all things are produced, and the Magnesia it self, which is the Mother and the Generatrix of our whole Work. 1772 tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xl, in Wks. III. 230 But God will not for ever cast away the Nature from him, but thus uses it..as a Generatrix of his Wonders. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 278 Night was called the mother, the generatrix of all things. 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things I. Comm. i. iii This divine generatrix of every being and every blessing. 1857 Mercersburg Rev. Jan. iv. 87 Is the Church a mother or not?.. Is she the generatrix of saints or the receptacle of saints? 1918 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 5 240 Sirius has the function of generatrix of the New Year. 1962 J. Updike Pigeon Feathers 263 That instinctive optimism of the young animal that in America is the only generatrix of hope we have allowed ourselves. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Sept. 72/1 One of the glories of the era was an offshoot line of nature poems whose generatrix was Marianne Moore. 2. Mathematics. = generator n. 2a. ΚΠ 1802 Crit. Rev. 35 511 The surface has three remarkable lines; the first is a returning angle (arête de rebroussement), owing to the figure of the generatrix; the second is a similar angle, inherent in the generatrix. 1821 C. Crozet Treat. Descriptive Geom. 54 It must be supposed that we know how to draw a tangent to the generatrix of the surface. 1872 U.S. Patent 128,203 2/1 The lines..are the vertical projections of the generatrices of the surface. 1927 R. G. de Bray tr. A. Reymond Hist. Sci. Greco-Roman Antiq. (1963) i. ii. 73 The curves of the second degree are defined by means of a plane section taken perpendicularly to the generatrix of a right cone. 2007 Carbon 45 1688/1 The curved graphene layers are cylindrical with parallel generatrixes. †3. A dynamo-electric machine used to generate electricity. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electrical engineering > dynamo > [noun] dynamo1875 generatrix1884 magneto-dynamo1884 1884 Science 29 Feb. 259/2 The work absorbed by the generatrix, and transmitted to the receptrix, increases with the velocity of the generatrix. Depretz has succeeded in transmitting nearly four and a half horse-power through a resistance of a hundred and sixty ohms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1657
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