Crossword-Solution: QUADRATRIX
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Quadratrix | n. | A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen. |
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Etym: [NL.] (Geom.) Defn: A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus, or of Tschirnhausen.
The Greeks could not solve this equation, which also arose in the problems of duplicating a cube and trisecting an angle, by the ruler and compasses, but only by mechanical curves such as the cissoid, conchoid and quadratrix.
The curve was called the _quadratrix_ because it also served (in the hands, as we are told, of Dinostratus, brother of Menæchmus, and of Nicomedes) for squaring the circle.
Hippias of Elis invented a certain curve called the quadratrix, by means of which he could square the circle and trisect any angle.
This curved line is the τετραγωνίστουσα so often mentioned by the later Greek mathematicians, and by the Romans called "quadratrix." Regarding the nature of this curve we have exact knowledge from Pappus.