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obtuse bisectrix

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obtuse bisectrix

–noun Crystallography.
See under bisectrix (def. 1).

Origin:
1895–1900

bi⋅sec⋅trix

[bahy-sek-triks]
–noun, plural bi⋅sec⋅tri⋅ces [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.

Origin:
1850–55; bisec(t) + -trix
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