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单词 generatrix
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generatrix

[ jen-uh-rey-triks ]
/ ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ trɪks /

noun, plural gen·er·a·tri·ces [jen-uh-rey-truh-seez, jen-er-uh-trahy-seez]. /ˌdʒɛn əˈreɪ trəˌsiz, ˌdʒɛn ər əˈtraɪ siz/. Mathematics.

generator (def. 4b).

Origin of generatrix

First recorded in 1830–40, generatrix is from the Latin word generātrīx producer. See generate, -trix

Words nearby generatrix

generative phonology, generative semantics, generative-transformational grammar, generativist, generator, generatrix, generic, generic name, generosity, generous, generous to a fault
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Example sentences from the Web for generatrix

  • The generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884|Various
  • Shall she not be content with her beautiful part as generatrix of Faculty, but must seek to be exponent too?

    Feminism and Sex-Extinction|Arabella Kenealy

British Dictionary definitions for generatrix

generatrix
/ (ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪks) /

noun plural generatrices (ˈdʒɛnəˌreɪtrɪˌsiːz)

a point, line, or plane that is moved in a specific way to produce a geometric figure
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for generatrix

generatrix
[ jĕn′ə-rātrĭks ]

Plural generatrices (jĕn′ə-ə-rātrĭ-sēz′, -ər-ə-trīsēz)

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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