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English
Etymology
From Latin generātrīx.
Pronunciation
Noun
generatrix (plural generatrices or generatrixes)
- (geometry) A curve that, when rotated about an axis, produces a solid figure.
- Synonyms: describent, generant
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From generō (“bring to life, beget, generate, produce”) + -trīx (feminine agentive suffix) or generātor + -trīx
Pronunciation
Noun
generātrīx f (genitive generātrīcis, masculine generātor); third declension
- female equivalent of generātor: producer, generator; she who produces, generates, brings forth
- (geometry) generatrix (feminine since it is a type of līnea f (“line”))
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “generatrix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- generatrix in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- generatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.