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sep·a·ra·ble

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–adjective

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

Mathematics.

a.	containing a countable dense subset.

b.	(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: 1350–1400; ME (< MF) < L séparābilis, equiv. to séparā(re) to separate + -bilis -ble

]

—Related forms

sep·a·ra·bil·i·ty, sep·a·ra·ble·ness, noun

sep·a·ra·bly, adverb

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sep·a·ra·ble Audio Help (sěp'ər-ə-bəl, sěp'rə-) Pronunciation Key
adj. Possible to separate: separable sheets of paper.

sep'a·ra·bil'i·ty n., sep'a·ra·bly adv.

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separable
adjective
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"; [syn: dissociable]

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ˈseparable adjective

that can be separated

Arabic:	قابِل للإنْفِصال
Chinese (Simplified):	可分开的
Chinese (Traditional):	可分開的
Czech:	oddělitelný
Danish:	som kan adskilles; adskillelig
Dutch:	scheidbaar
Estonian:	eraldatav
Finnish:	erotettavissa oleva
French:	séparable
German:	trennbar
Greek:	που μπορεί να (δια)χωριστεί
Hungarian:	elválasztható
Icelandic:	aðgreinanlegur
Indonesian:	bisa dipisahkan
Italian:	separabile

Japanese:	分けられる
Korean:	분리할 수 있는
Latvian:	atdalāms; nošķirams
Lithuanian:	atskiriamas, atsiskiriantis
Norwegian:	som kan tas fra hverandre
Polish:	rozłączny, odłączny
Portuguese (Brazil):	separável
Portuguese (Portugal):	separável
Romanian:	separabil
Russian:	отделимый
Slovak:	oddeliteľný
Slovenian:	ločljiv
Spanish:	separable
Swedish:	skiljbar
Turkish:	ayrılabilir

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Separable

In*sep"a*ra*ble\, a. [L. inseparabilis: cf. F. ins['e]parable. See In-, and Separable.]

1. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined.

The history of every language is inseparable from that of the people by whom it is spoken. --Mure.

Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable. --D. Webster.

2. (Gram.) Invariably attached to some word, stem, or root; as, the inseparable particle un-.

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