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generatrix

noun

Meaning

  1. A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.

Etymology / origin

Learned borrowing from Latin generātrīx. By surface analysis, generator + -trix.

  1. generātrīx(la)
  2. generatrix (English)
  3. Relations: lbor

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