An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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separatrix
  جداگر  
jodâgar
Fr.: séparatrice  

  1. General: Something that divides or separates. Plural: separatrices.

  2. Math.: Any mark that separates digits in groups, such as the decimal point placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows.

  3. Physics: A bundle of magnetic field lines which creates separate plasma regions.

Etymology (EN): From L. separatrix “she that separates,” → separation; -trix a suffix.

Etymology (PE): Jodâgar, from jodâ “separate,” → separation,

  • -gar, → -or.