Gen`er*a"trix (?), n.; pl. L. Generatrices (#), E. Generatrixes (#). [L.] Geom.

That which generates; the point, or the mathematical magnitude, which, by its motion, generates another magnitude, as a line, surface, or solid; -- called also describent.

 

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