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separatrix


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Separatrix  \Sep`a*ra"trix\,  n.;  pl  L.  {-trices},  E.  {-trixes}. 
  [L.,  she  that  separates.]  (Arith.) 
  The  decimal  point;  the  dot  placed  at  the  left  of  a  decimal 
  fraction,  to  separate  it  from  the  whole  number  which  it 
  follows.  The  term  is  sometimes  also  applied  to  other  marks  of 
  separation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  separatrix 
  n  :  a  punctuation  mark  (/)  used  to  separate  related  items  of 
  information  [syn:  {solidus},  {slash},  {virgule},  {diagonal}, 
  {stroke}] 




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