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Generatrix

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Generatrix"

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Word	Definition
rectilinear	In a straight line.
generatornoun	One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.
directrixnoun	(geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.
generationnoun	A group of people born in a specific range of years and whose members can relate culturally to one another.
tractrixnoun	(geometry) A curve that satisfies the following property: that segment of the tangent line that lies between the point of tangency and a fixed line has length independent of the point of tangency chosen.
curvenoun	A gentle bend, such as in a road.
cyclogonnoun	A curve created by the vertex of a polygon rolling on a straight line.
tractricoidnoun	(geometry) A surface formed by revolving a tractrix about its asymptote.
evolutenoun	(geometry) A curve comprising the centres of curvature of another curve.
tractorynoun	resembling a tractor
spindlenoun	(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
clinenoun	Any graduated continuum.
toroidnoun	A ring-shaped object whose surface is a torus.
dirigentnoun	(now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
hypotrochoidnoun	(geometry) A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on the radius line outside one circle which rotates inside the perimeter of another circle.
trisectrixnoun	A type of curve that is useful for trisecting the angle.
quadrisectornoun	(geometry) A line or curve that quadrisects something.
inversenoun	An inverted state: a state in which something has been turned (properly) upside down or (loosely) inside out or backwards.
epitrochoidnoun	A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine
spiricnoun	(geometry) A curve, the plane section of a torus.