separable

[ sep-er-uh-buhl, sep-ruh- ]
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adjective
  1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.

  2. 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.

Origin of separable

1
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, noun
  • sep·a·ra·bly, adverb
  • non·sep·a·ra·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·sep·a·ra·ble, adjective
  • non·sep·a·ra·ble·ness, noun
  • non·sep·a·ra·bly, adverb
  • un·sep·a·ra·ble, adjective
  • un·sep·a·ra·ble·ness, noun
  • un·sep·a·ra·bly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for separable

separable

/ (ˈsɛpərəbəl, ˈsɛprəbəl) /


adjective
  1. able to be separated, divided, or parted

Derived forms of separable

  • separability or separableness, noun
  • separably, adverb

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