ProphetesAI is thinking...
tractory
Answers
MindMap
Loading...
Sources
tractory, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the word tractory is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for tractory is from 1607, in the writing of John Carpenter, ...
www.oed.com
www.oed.com
tractory - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(geometry) A tractrix. Adjective. edit. tractory (comparative more tractory, superlative most tractory). resembling a tractor. References. edit. “tractory”, in ...
en.wiktionary.org
en.wiktionary.org
Tractory Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
noun (geometry) A tractrix. Wiktionary Other Word Forms of Tractory Noun Singular: tractory Plural: tractories Origin of Tractory Latin tractorius of drawing.
www.yourdictionary.com
www.yourdictionary.com
tractory
tractory, a. and n. rare. (ˈtræktərɪ) [ad. L. tractōri-us of or for drawing, f. tract-, ppl. stem of trahĕre to draw: see -ory.] † A. adj. Serving for traction; tractive. Obs.1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. x. 368 He shews the various uses of his..tractorie Machine which he invented. B. n. † 1. Old n...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
TRAJECTORY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. The curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space. 2. A path, progression, or line of development resembling a ...
www.merriam-webster.com
www.merriam-webster.com
Tractory - MATHCURVE.COM
Remark: the equitangential curve can be seen as the glissette of a point on a line sliding on the curve. Examples: - the tractory of a line ...
mathcurve.com
mathcurve.com
tractatorian
tractaˈtorian, a. Ch. Hist. ? Obs. [f. late L. tractātōri-us (f. prec.) + -an.] In tractatorian or tractatory letter, late L. epistola tractatoria, a letter from a synod or council of bishops, so called from L. tractātus in the sense of a conference treating of sacred subjects. See Du Cange. Also ˈt...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
Trajectory - Wikipedia
A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time. In classical mechanics, a trajectory ...
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Tractory - The Free Dictionary
a big sort of gentle, tractory thing that scrapes the surface of the ice and leaves water on top which freezes to form a new, flat layer.
www.thefreedictionary.com
www.thefreedictionary.com
Trajectory - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A trajectory is the path of an object through space, or the path of life that a person chooses.
www.vocabulary.com
www.vocabulary.com
TRAJECTORY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
the curved path an object follows after it is thrown or shot into the air, or of an object that is traveling through space: The missile came in ...
dictionary.cambridge.org
dictionary.cambridge.org
1692 in science
Mathematics
The tractrix, sometimes called a tractory or equitangential curve, is first studied by Christiaan Huygens, who gives it its name.
wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
syntractrix
‖ syntractrix Geom. (sɪnˈtræktrɪks) [mod.L., f. syn-1 + tractrix.] The locus of a point on the tangent to a tractrix at a constant distance from its intersection with the axis. Also synˈtractory [tractory n. 3].1820 G. Peacock Examples Diff. Calc. i. xxiii. 175 Syntractory. 1852 G. Salmon Higher Pla...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
tractrix
‖ tractrix Geom. (ˈtræktrɪks) Pl. ˈtractrices (-ɪsiːz). [mod.L. (Huygens) fem. of tractor: see tractor, and cf. directrix.] A curve such that the intercept on the tangent between its point of contact and a fixed straight line is constant; so called as being traced by the centre of gyration of a rigi...
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai
extractory
exˈtractory, a. [ad. L. extractōrius, f. extrahĕre: see extract v. and -ory.] Of or pertaining to an extractor; or to extraction.1727 Bailey vol. II, Extractory, that hath the nature or power to draw out. 1775 in Ash. 1891 Punch CI. 179/1 Reviewed it in this..extractory and arbitrary fashion.
Oxford English Dictionary
prophetes.ai