TRACTRIX


Meaning of TRACTRIX in English

/trak"triks/ , n. , pl. tractrices /trak truy"seez, trak"treuh seez'/ . Geom.

a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.

[ 1720-30; trac-, var. s. of trahere to draw, pull + -trix -TRIX ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .