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Definitions for separable
ˈsɛp ər ə bəl, ˈsɛp rə-sep·a·ra·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dissociable, separable, severableadjective

    capable of being divided or dissociated

    "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";

Wiktionary

  1. separableadjective

    Able to be separated.

  2. separableadjective

    Of a metric space, that it has a countable dense subset.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Separableadjective

    Etymology: separable, Fr. separabilis, Lat. from separate.

    Expansion and duration have this farther agreement, that though they are both considered by us as having parts, yet their parts are not separable one from another. John Locke.

    The infusions and decoctions of plants contain the most separable parts of the plants, and convey not only their nutritious but medicinal qualities into the blood. Arbuthnot.

ChatGPT

  1. separable

    In general context, "separable" refers to the ability or quality of being divided or considered separately. The term is used across various fields like mathematics, physics, chemistry, etc., each with its specific technical interpretation. For instance, in mathematics, a separable space is a type of topological space that is particularly well-behaved with respect to the separation of points and sets. In physical and chemical processes, if the components of a mixture can be separated by certain methods, they are referred to as separable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Separableadjective

    capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist

  2. Etymology: [L. separabilis: cf. F. sparable.]

Anagrams for separable »

  1. parseable

  2. spareable

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of separable in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of separable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of separable in a Sentence

  1. Kristopher Alexander:

    Ring Fit Adventure is the answer to sedentary game play that is often the focus of video games in popular media, this game is the one that our family can not get enough of, and I'm okay with it. Physical activity is a non-separable part of this experience, and it's couched within a traditional role playing game( RPG) game design style. We love this one.

  2. Andy Jassy:

    From the very start of Amazon Web Services, we made a decision that if we wanted to be able to serve a lot of Amazon's consumer competitors... that we had to make Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services own separable business with a different leadership team and where Amazon's consumer businesses were an important customer but just one of many important external customers, we treat Amazon's consumer business as an external customer.

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