The Trisectrix as the Locus of Points of Intersection
A trisectrix (red) is the locus of the points of intersection (red point ) of a moving horizontal line (blue) and a rotating line (black).
Initially, the line lies along the line and the line lies along the line . The line rotates clockwise about the origin at 1 radian per time unit, and the line moves toward the axis at a constant rate of units per time unit, so that both lines reach the axis at the same time. The line meets the axis at an angle .