mediatrix
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/
mediatrix (plural mediatrices)
- A female mediator.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:
- He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.
- 1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, I.i.11:
- (geometry) The line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
- 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)
- […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]
- 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)
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