'-trices' definitions:
Definition of '-trices'
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- Impropriatrix \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\, n.; pl. E. -trixes, L. -trices. A female impropriator. [1913 Webster]
Definition of '-trices'
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- Quadratrix \Quad*ra"trix\, n.; pl. -trixes, or -trices. [NL.] (Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen. [1913 Webster]
Definition of '-trices'
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- Separatrix \Sep`a*ra"trix\, n.; pl. L. -trices, E. -trixes. [L., she that separates.] (Arith.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation. [1913 Webster]