Tractrix

Word TRACTRIX
Character 8
Hyphenation tract rix
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tractrix"

What do we mean by tractrix?

A curve that satisfies the following property: that segment of the tangent line that lies between the point of tangency and a fixed line has length independent of the point of tangency chosen.

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The word "tractrix" in example sentences

I found by experiment that it is neither, but an approximation to the tractrix (a modification of the catenary), if anything definite; as indeed one, on thinking over the matter, might feel certain it would be -- the tractrix being the curve of least friction. ❋ Samuel Smiles (1858)

This had led, through the work of Leonardo (on the catenary-tractrix matter), into the work of Kepler, which, in turn, led into Leibniz's uniquely original discovery of the principle of the calculus, and the revision of that discovery by Leibniz, based upon the work of Pierre de Fermat, which was carried out by Leibniz's collaboration with Jean Bernouilli in defining a universal physical principle of least action. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Santa Maria del Fiore, and the development of the pairing of the catenary and tractrix relationship by Leonardo da Vinci. ❋ EIR News Service Inc. (2009)

De Docta Ignorantia; Leonardo da Vinci (e.g., the use of the relatively least-action physical curve, the catenary-tractrix, as a principle of construction ❋ Unknown (2009)

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