Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something that separates; specifically, the line separating light and shade on any partly illuminated surface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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 Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mathematics The
boundary separating twomodes ofbehaviour in adifferential equation . - noun mathematics, archaic The
decimal point .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Etymologies
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Latin, meaning "she that separates".
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Examples
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The observed strong electric fields and currents inside the separatrix region can be important for a local energization of ions and electrons, particularly of ionospheric origin, as well as for magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling.
Do "Skeleton" Filaments Give Structure to the Universe? | Universe Today 2009
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Strong electric fields exist inside the separatrix regions and the electric potential drop across the regions can be up to several kV.
Do "Skeleton" Filaments Give Structure to the Universe? | Universe Today 2009
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My point is that the nature of the separatrix and that of the basins of attraction are somewhat separate issues.
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