directrix

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A female who directs; a directress.
2. A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.

Sinonieme

alignment

neat line

Vertalings

Direktrix

directrice

doğrultman

المخرجة

müdire

Leitkurve

Leitlinie

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Latin dīrectrīx. By surface analysis, direct + -trix.