mediatrix
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/
Noun

mediatrix (plural mediatrices)

  1. 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.
  2. (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 […]



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