indicatrix

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin indicātrīx. By surface analysis, indicate +‎ -trix.

Noun

indicatrix (plural indicatrices)

  1. (mathematics, crystallography) An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes

Derived terms

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