"indicatrix" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indicatrices [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin indicatrix; equivalent to indicate + -trix. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|indicatrix}} Latin indicatrix, {{suffix|en|indicate|-trix}} indicate + -trix Head templates: {{en-noun|indicatrices}} indicatrix (plural indicatrices)
  1. (mathematics, crystallography) An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes Wikipedia link: indicatrix Categories (topical): Crystallography, Mathematics Derived forms: Tissot's indicatrix

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