About The Word Tractrix
Learn about the word Tractrix to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Tractrix definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Tractrix
| Tractrix Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Tractrix?Synonyms | Synonyms for Tractrix: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tractrix: See Also | Tractrix In Webster's Dictionary \Tract"rix\, n. [NL. See {Tractor}.] (Geom.)
A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point
of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so
called because it was conceived as described by the motion of
one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along
the given line.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Microsorium punctatum ‐ tropical Africa to Australasia and…
- Graecophile ‐ an admirer of Greece and everything Greek [adj] characterized…
- Tattered ‐ ruined or disrupted; "our shattered dreams of peace and prosperity";…
- Honest woman ‐ a wife who has married a man with whom she has been living for…
- Masquerade costume ‐ a costume worn as a disguise at a…
- Dining room ‐ a room used…
- Shoe shop ‐ a shop where…
- Pack together ‐ make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress…
- Squalus acanthias ‐ destructive dogfish of American and European Atlantic coastal…
- Buckle under ‐ consent…