English

Noun

mediatrix ‎(plural mediatrices or mediatrixes)

1. A female mediator.
2. (geometry) The line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint.
   • 2000, Jean H. Gallier, Curves and surfaces in geometric modeling (page 105)

     […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]

Latin

Etymology

Post-classical Latin mediator.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /meˈdi.a.triːks/, [mɛˈdi.a.triːks]

Noun

mediatrīx f ‎(genitive mediatrīcis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) mediator, intermediary, go-between (female)

Inflection

Third declension.

Related terms

• mediator

References

• mediatrix in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mediatrix”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.