Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tractrix

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Tractrix


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(n.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line.