"directrix" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: directrixes [plural], directrices [plural]
Etymology: Latin directrix; equivalent to direct + -trix Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|directrix}} Latin directrix, {{suffix|en|direct|-trix}} direct + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|+|directrices}} directrix (plural directrixes or directrices)
  1. A female who directs; a directress.
    Sense id: en-directrix-en-noun-f-5g414V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -trix Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trix: 74 26
  2. (geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations (a line used to define a curve or surface): richtlijn [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), johtosuora (Finnish), directrice [feminine] (French), kierownica [feminine] (Polish), directriz [feminine] (Spanish), இயக்குவரை (iyakkuvarai) [feminine] (Tamil)
    Sense id: en-directrix-en-noun-jszhmIfv Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a line used to define a curve or surface': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: conic section directrix, graph directrix, ruled surface directrix

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