bisectrices
trɪks noun, plural bi·sec·tri·ces 
[bahy-sek-trahy-seez] .
[bahy-sek-trahy-seez] . 1.
Crystallography. an imaginary line bisecting either the acute angle (acute bisectrix) or the obtuse angle (obtuse bisectrix) of the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
2.
Geometry. a bisector.
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| —n , pl bisectrices | |
| 1. | another name for bisector |
| 2. | the bisector of the angle between the optic axes of a crystal |
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