In mathematics, a quadratrix (from the Latin word quadrator, squarer) is a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. The two most famous curves of this class are those of Dinostratus and E. W. Tschirnhausen, which are both related to the circle. ==Quadratrix of Dinostratus== The quadratrix of Dinostra...
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a curve by which a circle may be squared
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• (n.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
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Quad·ra'trix noun ;
plural -trixes ,
or -trices . [ New Latin ]
(Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the
quadratrix , of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
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