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-trices
(gcide) | 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.
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-trices
(gcide) | Impropriatrix \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\, n.; pl. E. -trixes, L.
-trices.
A female impropriator.
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-trices
(gcide) | 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.
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Altrices
(gcide) | Altrices \Al*tri"ces\, n. pl. [L., nourishes, pl. of altrix.]
(Zool.)
Nursers, -- a term applied to those birds whose young are
hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to
require the care of their parents for some time; -- opposed
to pr[ae]coces.
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Cicatrices
(gcide) | Cicatrix \Ci*ca"trix\, n.; pl. Cicatrices. [L.] (Med.)
The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity
and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which
subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.
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Generatrices
(gcide) | Generatrix \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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Matrices
(gcide) | matrix \ma"trix\ (m[=a]"tr[i^]ks), n.; pl. Matrices
(m[a^]t"r[i^]*s[=e]z). [L., fr. mater mother. See Mother,
and cf. Matrice.]
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1. (Anat.) The womb.
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All that openeth the matrix is mine. --Ex. xxxiv.
19.
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2. Hence: That which gives form or origin to anything; as:
(a) (Mech.) The cavity in which anything is formed, and
which gives it shape; a die; a mold, as for the face
of a type.
(b) (Min.) The earthy or stony substance in which metallic
ores or crystallized minerals are found; the gangue.
(c) pl. (Dyeing) The five simple colors, black, white,
blue, red, and yellow, of which all the rest are
composed.
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3. (Biol.) The lifeless portion of tissue, either animal or
vegetable, situated between the cells; the intercellular
substance.
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4. (Math.) A rectangular arrangement of symbols in rows and
columns. The symbols may express quantities or operations.
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Rectrices
(gcide) | Rectrix \Rec"trix\ (-tr?ks), n.; pl. Rectrices (-tr?"s?z).
[L., fem. of rector.]
1. A governess; a rectoress.
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2. (Zool.) One of the quill feathers of the tail of a bird.
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Tectrices
(gcide) | Tectrices \Tec"tri*ces\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. tegere, tectum, to
cover.] (Zool.)
The wing coverts of a bird. See Covert, and Illust. of
Bird.
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