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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Separatrix \Sep`a*ra"trix\, n.; 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quadratrix \Quad*ra"trix\, n.; pl {-trixes}, or {-trices}. [NL.] (Geom.) A curve made use of in the quadrature of other curves; as the quadratrix, of Dinostratus or of Tschirnhausen From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impropriatrix \Im*pro`pri*a"trix\, n.; pl E. {-trixes}, L. {-trices}. A female impropriator.
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