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Definitions of Quadratrix:

part of speech: noun

In geom., a curve by means of which right lines equal to the circumferences of circles or other curves, and their various parts, may be found mechanically.

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About 420 B. C. Hippias of Elis invented a certain curve called the quadratrix by means of which he could square the circle and trisect any angle. "The Teaching of Geometry", David Eugene Smith

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