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directrix

noun(di-rec-trix)

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directrix

noun(di-rec-trix)

a fixed curve with which a generatrix maintains a given relationship in generating a geometric figure; specifically : a straight line the distance to which from any point of a conic section is in fixed ratio to the distance from the same point to a focus

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