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tractrix

[ trak-triks ]

noun

, Geometry.
, plural trac·tri·ces [trak-, trahy, -seez, trak, -tr, uh, -seez].
  1. a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tractrix1

1720–30; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin trac-, variant stem of trahere to draw, pull + -trīx -trix

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