mediatrix

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mediatrix

/ˈmiːdɪətɹɪks/ UK

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin mediātrīx. By surface analysis, mediator + -trix.

noun mediatrices · mediatrixes

A female mediator. My lifes Cataſtrophe is at an end, / The Staffe whereon my ſickly Loue did leane / And which from falling (ſtill) did him defend, / Is through miſchance in ſunder broken cleane. / Gone is my Mediatrix, my beſt Aduocate, / Who vſde for me to interceſsionate.
Similar: brokeress, mediatress
rare A bisector, the line that is perpendicular to a line segment and intersects the line segment at its midpoint. […] the intersection of the normal at M to the parabola with the mediatrix of the line […]

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@misc{mediatrix_2026,
  title = {mediatrix},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mediatrix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}