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Bisectrix

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(fem. of Lat. bisector, from bi-, two, secare, to cut), in geometry, the same as bisector, i.e. a point which divides a line, or a line which divides an angle, into two equal parts; in crystallography it denotes the bisector of the angle between the optic axes.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bisectrix'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bisectrix.html. 1910.
 
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