mediatrix

noun
/ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/UK

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mediātrīx. By surface analysis, mediator + -trix.

  1. learned borrowing from mediātrīx

Definitions

  1. A female mediator.

    • He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.
  2. A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line…

    A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.

    • […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]

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