Quadratrix Definition

Quadratrix Sentence Examples

• The quadratrix of Dinostratus was well known to the ancient Greek geometers, and is mentioned by Proclus, who ascribes the invention of the curve to a contemporary of Socrates, probably Hippias of Elis.

• The orthogonal projection of a section of this surface by a plane containing one of the perpendiculars and inclined to the axis is the quadratrix.

• The locus of these intersections is the quadratrix.

• Then the locus of the intersection of PQ and OM is the quadratrix of Dinostratus.

• The quadratrix of Tschirnhausen is constructed by dividing the arc and radius of a quadrant in the same number of equal parts as before.