Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geometry, the line or surface from the motion of which a surface or a solid is supposed to be generated or described.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geom.) Same as
generatrix .
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- noun geometry A
generatrix .
Etymologies
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Latin describens, present participle of dēscrībō.
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