Tractrix


noun, plural tractrices
[trak-trahy-seez, trak-truh-seez] /trækˈtraɪ siz, ˈtræk trəˌsiz/ (Show IPA). Geometry.
1.
a curve whose tangents are all of equal length; the involute of a catenary.

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