From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Separatrix \Sep'a*ra"trix\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal}, {stroke}] [also: {separatrices} (pl)]
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