separable

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

/ ˈsɛp ər ə bəl, ˈsɛp rə- /

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adjective

capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.

Mathematics.

containing a countable dense subset.
(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.Compare separation of variables.

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Origin of separable

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

OTHER WORDS FROM separable

sep·a·ra·bil·i·ty, sep·a·ra·ble·ness, nounsep·a·ra·bly, adverbnon·sep·a·ra·bil·i·ty, nounnon·sep·a·ra·ble, adjective

non·sep·a·ra·ble·ness, nounnon·sep·a·ra·bly, adverbun·sep·a·ra·ble, adjectiveun·sep·a·ra·ble·ness, nounun·sep·a·ra·bly, adverb

Words nearby separable

SEP, SEPA, sepal, sepaloid, -sepalous, separable, separate, separate but equal, separately, separates, separate school

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How to use separable in a sentence

In other words, Solms wants to move past the model of mind that sees clear-eyed thought as somehow separable from our baser feelings.
A brain researcher on what Freud got right|Jess Keiser|February 26, 2021|Washington Post
That's because regulations require "behind-the-meter" battery functions to be separable from "in-front-of-the-meter" functions that serve the grid rather than the battery's owner.
To make batteries a better investment, let them do more|Scott K. Johnson|November 5, 2020|Ars Technica
To Madame Merle the self is socially determined and not fully separable from the world around it.
Is Henry James’s ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ the Great American Novel?|Michael Gorra|August 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Small veins, rarely exceeding half an inch in width, the fibres not easily separable.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones

There seems to be no sufficient reason for explaining it by 'necklace' or 'gorget,' as if it were a separable article of attire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
And as accidents are separable while body may continue to exist without them, "union" disappears together with the accidents.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Something that comes from her love and goes to it; no separable quality; nothing that's for herself.
The Quality of Mercy|W. D. Howells
The adventures themselves organize easily into smaller separable wholes.
Literature in the Elementary School|Porter Lander MacClintock

British Dictionary definitions for separable

separable

/ (ˈsɛpərəbəl, ˈsɛprəbəl) /

adjective

able to be separated, divided, or parted

Derived forms of separable

separability or separableness, nounseparably, adverb

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