In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
SEPARATRIX
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
separatrix (plural separatrixes or separatrices)
(typography, historical) The ⟨L⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ mark formerly used to divide integers from decimals.
Synonyms: pipe, slash
(typography, obsolete) synonym of decimal point, which replaced such marks.
(typography) The proofreader's mark resembling a slash ⟨ / ⟩ or vertical bar ⟨ | ⟩ placed after a note in the margin to indicate that it should replace the item(s) struckthrough in the running text or to separate it from other margin notes.
A terminator: a line on a partially-illuminated surface separating the lit and shaded regions.
(physics) The line between regions having different magnetic fields.
(mathematics) The boundary separating two modes of behavior in a differential equation.
Source: Wiktionary
Sep`a*ra"trix, n.; pl. L. -trices, E. -trixes. Etym: [L., she that separates.] (Arith.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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