separable

[sep-er-uh-buhl, sep-ruh-]

adjective

1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.

2. Mathematics.

   1. containing a countable dense subset.

   2. (of a differential equation) capable of being written so that coefficients of the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone.

separable

/ ˈsɛprəbəl, ˈsɛpərəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be separated, divided, or parted

Other Word Forms

• separability noun
• separably adverb
• separableness noun
• nonseparability noun
• nonseparable adjective
• nonseparableness noun
• nonseparably adverb
• unseparable adjective
• unseparableness noun
• unseparably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of separable¹

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin sēparābilis, equivalent to sēparā ( re ) to separate + -bilis -ble