separatrix
Noun
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Noun
separatrix (plural separatrixes or separatrices)
- (typography, historical) The ⟨L⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ mark formerly used to divide integers from decimals.
- Synonyms: pipe, slash
- (typography, obsolete) Synonym of decimal point#English|decimal point, which replaced such marks.
- (typography) The proofreader's mark resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩ or vertical bar nowrap ⟨ ''' placed after a note in the margin to indicate that it should replace the item(s) struckthrough in the running text or to separate it from other margin notes.
- A terminator: a line on a partially-illuminated surface separating the lit and shaded regions.
- (physics) The line between regions having different magnetic fields.
- (mathematics) The boundary separating two modes of behavior in a differential equation.
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