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  3  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Quadratrix  \Quad*ra"trix\,  n.;  pl  {-trixes},  or  {-trices}. 
  [NL.]  (Geom.) 
  A  curve  made  use  of  in  the  quadrature  of  other  curves;  as  the 
  quadratrix,  of  Dinostratus  or  of  Tschirnhausen 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Impropriatrix  \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\,  n.;  pl  E.  {-trixes},  L. 
  {-trices}. 
  A  female  impropriator. 




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