Sekirov Dictionary

dirigent

/ˈdɪɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒənt/

noun 2
adjective 1
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noun2

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Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
- One of its members is deputed in rotation to maintain continuous contact with the director or dirigents of the hospital by means of biweekly, if necessary daily, visits to the institution. — 1905
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(old-fashioned) The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
- In this case, to which Sphero-Cartesians, and all other sphero-quadrics, whose dirigents are small circles, are analogous in Spherics, the dirigent conic F must also have double contact with S. — 1891

adjective1

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That directs.
- 17thC, Richard Baxter, The Life of Faith, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 690, 6. God must then be known in his three personalities; as the Father, the Word or Son, and the Spirit. 7. And these in their three causalities; efficient, dirigent, and final.
- 17thC, Richard Baxter, Mr. Baxter's Dying Thoughts, 1838, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter, Volume 3, page 1012, V. I shall better know the methods and perfections of the Scripture, and all God's dirigent word and will.

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