Hypertext Webster Gateway: "separatrix"
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) 1.7 (wn)
separatrix
n : a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
{stroke}]
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