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English → English (gcide) Definition: Tractrix Tractrix \Tract"rix\, n. [NL. See Tractor.] (Geom.) A curve such that the part of the tangent between the point of tangency and a given straight line is constant; -- so called because it was conceived as described by the motion of one end of a tangent line as the other end was drawn along the given line. [1913 Webster]