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əˈreɪ noun
1.
an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
2.
a place, line, or point of parting.
3.
a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
4.
something that separates or divides.
5.
6.
Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.
7.
Photography, separation negative.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of separating or state of being separated |
| 2. | the place or line where a separation is made |
| 3. | a gap that separates |
| 4. | family law judicial separation Compare divorce the cessation of cohabitation between a man and wife, either by mutual agreement or under a decree of a court |
| 5. | a. the act of jettisoning a burnt-out stage of a multistage rocket |
| b. the instant at which such a stage is jettisoned | |
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Word Origin & History
separation
1413, from O.Fr. separation, from L. separationem, n. of action from separare (see separate). Specific sense of "sundering of a married couple" is attested from 1600. Separation of powers first recorded 1788, in "Federalist" (Hamilton), from Fr. séparée de
la puissance (Montesquieu, 1748). Separation anxiety first attested 1943.
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Example sentences
The solution: add more of a delay after the first-stage engine stops firing before separation to ensure a clean break.
But it had never been tried for so long and with such absolute physical separation.
Psychological impacts of long-term separation anxiety.
Aluminium destruction test for capsule top-cone separation.
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