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Definition of: directrix
(di·rek′triks, dī-) noun plural ·tri·ces (-tri·sēz) or ·trix·es
1. Mil. In gunnery, the median line in the plane of fire.
2. Geom. A line which so determines the motion of another line, or of a point, that the latter shall describe some surface or curve.
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