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di·rec·trix (də rek′triks; also dī-)

noun pl. -·trix′es or -·tri′·cesdī′rek trī′sēz

  1. Rare a woman director
  2. Geom.
    1. a fixed line associated with a conic section and its focus and eccentricity
    2. the curve that bounds the base of a cone or cylinder

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  1. ‹ directrice
  2. ‹ directress
  3. ‹ directory number
  4. ‹ directory
  5. ‹ directorial
  6. ‹ Directorate General XIII
  7. ‹ directorate
  8. ‹ director's chair
  9. ‹ director
  10. ‹ Directoire
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