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Definition of Generatrix

1. n. That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

Definition of Generatrix

1. Noun. (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure ¹

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Definition of Generatrix

1. [n -TRICES]

Medical Definition of Generatrix

1. Origin: L. That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid. Synonym: describent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Generatrix

Literary usage of Generatrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"The generatrix may be governed by Three Rectilinear Directrices. Fig. 194. If two elements, ab and cd, be drawn through point e of the circle of the gorge, ..."

2. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"The generatrix may be governed by Three Rectilinear Directrices. Fig. 194. If two elements, ab and cd, be drawn through point e of the circle of the ..."

3. A Treatise on Geometry and Its Application in the Arts by Dionysius Lardner (1840)
"The form of cone most commonly considered is that whose generatrix is a circle. (426.) The axis of a cone is a line drawn from its vertex to the centre of ..."

4. A Treatise on Shades and Shadows, and Linear Perspective by Charles Davies (1865)
"11, Fig. n) be the axis of a helicoid, and (DA, D'E) its generatrix. By the definition of the surface, the generatrix has two motions; one in the direction ..."

5. A Treatise on Shades and Shadows and Linear Perspective by Charles Davies (1832)
"By the definition of the surface, the generatrix has two motions; one in the direction of the axis (A, BC), the other around this axis, both of which are ..."

6. An Elementary Course in Descriptive Geoemetry by Solomon Woolf (1895)
"The axis and generatrix of a warped surface of rotation being given, to pass a plane tangent at ... As the generatrix has been assumed to be parallel to V, ..."

7. The Elements of the Differential Calculus: Comprehending the General Theory by John Radford Young, Michael O'Shannessy (1833)
"Given the equation of the generatrix, to determine the cylindrical surface which envelopes a given curve surface. Since the cylinder envelopes the given ..."

8. The Elements of the Differential Calculus; Comprehending the General Theory by John Radford Young, Michael O'Shannessy (1833)
"Given the equation of the generatrix, to determine the cylindrical surface which envelopes a given curve surface. Since the cylinder envelopes the given ..."

9. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"The generatrix may be governed by Three Rectilinear Directrices. Fig. 194. If two elements, ab and cd, be drawn through point e of the circle of the gorge, ..."

10. Descriptive Geometry by Gardner Chace Anthony, George Francis Ashley (1909)
"The generatrix may be governed by Three Rectilinear Directrices. Fig. 194. If two elements, ab and cd, be drawn through point e of the circle of the ..."

11. A Treatise on Geometry and Its Application in the Arts by Dionysius Lardner (1840)
"The form of cone most commonly considered is that whose generatrix is a circle. (426.) The axis of a cone is a line drawn from its vertex to the centre of ..."

12. A Treatise on Shades and Shadows, and Linear Perspective by Charles Davies (1865)
"11, Fig. n) be the axis of a helicoid, and (DA, D'E) its generatrix. By the definition of the surface, the generatrix has two motions; one in the direction ..."

13. A Treatise on Shades and Shadows and Linear Perspective by Charles Davies (1832)
"By the definition of the surface, the generatrix has two motions; one in the direction of the axis (A, BC), the other around this axis, both of which are ..."

14. An Elementary Course in Descriptive Geoemetry by Solomon Woolf (1895)
"The axis and generatrix of a warped surface of rotation being given, to pass a plane tangent at ... As the generatrix has been assumed to be parallel to V, ..."

15. The Elements of the Differential Calculus: Comprehending the General Theory by John Radford Young, Michael O'Shannessy (1833)
"Given the equation of the generatrix, to determine the cylindrical surface which envelopes a given curve surface. Since the cylinder envelopes the given ..."

16. The Elements of the Differential Calculus; Comprehending the General Theory by John Radford Young, Michael O'Shannessy (1833)
"Given the equation of the generatrix, to determine the cylindrical surface which envelopes a given curve surface. Since the cylinder envelopes the given ..."

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