bisectrix

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(bī sek′triks)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
bi•sec•trix  (bī sek′triks),USA pronunciation n., pl. bi•sec•tri•ces 
    (bī′sek trī′sēz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Crystallographyan imaginary line bisecting either the acute angle (acute bisectrix) or the obtuse angle (obtuse bisectrix) of the optic axes of a biaxial crystal.
  2. Mathematics[Geom.]a bisector.
  • bisec(t) + -trix 1850–55

'bisectrix' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acute bisectrix - obtuse bisectrix

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