英语词汇“tractrix”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tractrix

/ˈtraktrɪks

noun (plural tractrices /ˈtraktrɪsiːz/) Geometry

1A curve whose tangents all intercept the x-axis at the same distance from the point of contact, being the involute of a catenary.Among the properties of the tractrix are the fact that the length of a tangent from its point of contact to an asymptote is constant.

1.1One of a class of curves similarly traced by one end of a rigid rod, whose other end moves along a fixed line or curve.The tractrix is sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve....

The concrete realisation uses the pseudosphere, a surface generated by the revolution of a tractrix about its asymptote.
The model was obtained on the surface of revolution of a tractrix about its asymptote.

Origin

Early 18th century: modern Latin, feminine of late Latin tractor 'that which pulls' (see tractor).

单词	tractrix
释义	tractrix /ˈtraktrɪks / noun (plural tractrices /ˈtraktrɪsiːz/) Geometry 1A curve whose tangents all intercept the x-axis at the same distance from the point of contact, being the involute of a catenary.Among the properties of the tractrix are the fact that the length of a tangent from its point of contact to an asymptote is constant. 1.1One of a class of curves similarly traced by one end of a rigid rod, whose other end moves along a fixed line or curve.The tractrix is sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve.... The concrete realisation uses the pseudosphere, a surface generated by the revolution of a tractrix about its asymptote. The model was obtained on the surface of revolution of a tractrix about its asymptote. Origin Early 18th century: modern Latin, feminine of late Latin tractor 'that which pulls' (see tractor).
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