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for Separatrix
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
separatrix
n 1: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule,
diagonal, stroke, separatrix]
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