in-separable

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adjective

incapable of being separated, parted, or disjoined: inseparable companions.

noun Usually, inseparables.

inseparable objects, qualities, etc.

inseparable companions or friends.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin insēparābilis. See in-³, separable

Related forms

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

in·sep·a·ra·bly, adverb

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inseparable (ɪnˈsɛpərəb^əl, -ˈsɛprə-)

—*adj*
	incapable of being separated or divided

insepara'bility

—n

in'separableness

—n

in'separably

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

inseparable

late 14c., from L. inseparabilis "that cannot be separated," from in- "not" + separabilis (see separate).

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"Computers "remember" things in the form of discrete entries: the input of quantities, graphics, words, etc. Each item is separable, perhaps designated by a unique address or file name, and all of it subject to total recall. Unless the machine malfunctions, it can regurgitate everything it has stored exactly as it was entered, whether a single number or a lengthy document. This is what we expect of the machine. Human memory, on the other hand, is the invisible psychic adhesive that holds our identity together from moment to moment. This makes it a radically different phenomenon from computer memory. For one thing, it is fluid rather than granular, more like a wave than a particle. Like a wave, it spreads through the mind, puddling up here and there in odd personal associations that may be of the most inexplicable kind. It flows not only through the mind, but through the emotions, the senses, the body. We remember things as no computer can—in our muscles and reflexes: how to swim, play an instrument, use a tool."

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