separatrix

1. 1.

   a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

   Synonymssolidusslashvirgulediagonalstroke

   Broaderpunctuation

Other forms of separatrix

plural

separatrices

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about separatrix

What does separatrix mean?

separatrix means "a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information".

How many syllables are in separatrix?

separatrix has 4 syllables: se-pa-ra-trix. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for separatrix?

Close synonyms include solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is separatrix a common word?

separatrix is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.