Separability(n.) Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
Separable(a.) Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist.
Separate(p. a.) Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
Separate(p. a.) Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
Separate(p. a.) Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
Separate(v. i.) To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
Separate(v. t.) To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
Separate(v. t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
Separate(v. t.) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
Separated(imp. & p. p.) of Separate
Separating(a.) Designed or employed to separate.
Separating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Separate
Separation(n.) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
Separation(n.) Chemical analysis.
Separation(n.) Divorce.
Separation(n.) The operation of removing water from steam.
Separative(a.) Causing, or being to cause, separation.
Separator(n.) One who, or that which, separates.
Separator(n.) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it.
Separator(n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue.
Separator(n.) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
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