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  1. indicatrixnoun

    An ellipsoid whose three axes represent the refractive indices of an anisotropic crystal for light following different directions with respect to the crystal axes

Webster Dictionary

  1. Indicatrixnoun

    a certain conic section supposed to be drawn in the tangent plane to any surface, and used to determine the accidents of curvature of the surface at the point of contact. The curve is similar to the intersection of the surface with a parallel to the tangent plane and indefinitely near it. It is an ellipse when the curvature is synclastic, and an hyperbola when the curvature is anticlastic

  2. Etymology: [NL.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of indicatrix in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of indicatrix in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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