Meaning of mediatrix | Babel Free
/ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/Definitions
- A female mediator.
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A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint. rare
Examples
“My lifes Cataſtrophe is at an end, / The Staffe whereon my ſickly Loue did leane / And which from falling (ſtill) did him defend, / Is through miſchance in ſunder broken cleane. / Gone is my Mediatrix, my beſt Aduocate, / Who vſde for me to interceſsionate.”
“He promised, however, to speak to Mr. Harrel upon the subject, but the promise was evidently given to oblige the fair mediatrix, without any hope of advantage to the cause.”
“[…] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.