patrix

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • noun The reverse of matrix; in calico-printing, the steel roller, or molette, on which a design is formed in relief and then transferred by pressure to the printing-roller of a cylinder printing-machine.

Examples

Note

The word 'patrix' comes from the Latin 'pater' ('father') by supposed analogy with 'matrix' as related to 'mater' ('mother').