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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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