Separatrix

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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) 2.0 [wn]:

  separatrix
       n : a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
           information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
            {stroke}]
       [also: {separatrices} (pl)]