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Definition of Separatrix

1. Noun. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.

Definition of Separatrix

1. n. 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.

Definition of Separatrix

1. Noun. (mathematics) The boundary separating two modes of behaviour in a differential equation. ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics archaic) The decimal point. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Separatrix

1. In a divertor tokamak (and some other configurations), the last closed flux surface is formed not by inserting an object (limiter) but by manipulating the magnetic field, so that some field lines take a topologically different route (through the divertor, rather than simply around the central plasma). The boundary between the two types of field lines is called the separatrix. (09 Oct 1997)

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Literary usage of Separatrix

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"His symbol for a separatrix was L • Stevens had already used a figure a ... Such a separatrix appears already in 1613, employed in a work by Richard Witt. ..."

2. Arithmetic Simplified in Three Parts by Catharine Esther Beecher (1833)
"If you expunge the separatrix of the following decimals, by what number are they ... If the separatrix is expunged from 2,52, by what is it multiplied ? ..."

3. Arithmetic Simplified: Prepared for the Use of Primary Schools, Female by Catharine Esther Beecher (1833)
"If you expunge the separatrix of the following decimals, by what number are they ... If the separatrix is expunged from- 2,56934, by what is it multiplied ? ..."

4. The Lyceum Arithmetic: In Three Parts : Each Adapted to Different Ages and by Catharine Esther Beecher (1835)
"A decimal can also be multiplied, by expunging the separatrix. 2,56 is multiplied by 100, by expunging the separatrix, thus, 256. In all these cases, ..."

5. The Youth's Assistant in Theoretic and Practical Arithmetic: Designed for by Zadock Thompson (1832)
"... from the separatrix, or the place of unity, each removal of a figure one place towards the right diminishing its value ten times. ..."

6. Shades and Shadows: An Exposition and Demonstration of Short and Convenient by Jules Pillet (1896)
"—Assume a surface (a sphere for example) of which the separatrix is to be determined. (Fig. 5.) Circumscribe about it a more simple surface, ..."

7. Shades and Shadows: An Exposition and Demonstration of Short and Convenient by Jules Pillet (1896)
"—Assume a surface (a sphere for example) of which the separatrix is to be determined. (Fig. 5.) Circumscribe about it a more simple surface, ..."

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