separatrix

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin, meaning "she that separates".

Noun [edit]

separatrix (plural separatrixes or separatrices)

  1. (mathematics) The boundary separating two modes of behaviour in a differential equation.
  2. (mathematics, archaic) The decimal point.
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