transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈrek-triks ]
noun
( plural di·rec·trix·es -trik-səz ; also di·rec·tri·ces -trə-ˌsēz)
Etymology: Medieval Latin, feminine of Late Latin director, from Latin dirigere
Date: 1622
1. archaic : directress
2. : a fixed curve with which a generatrix maintains a given relationship in generating a geometric figure ; specifically : a straight line the distance to which from any point of a conic section is in fixed ratio to the distance from the same point to a focus