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separable

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sep⋅a⋅ra⋅ble

  [sep-er-uh-buhl, sep-ruh-]
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–adjective
1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
2. 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 sēparābilis, equiv. to sēparā(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   (sěp'ər-ə-bəl, sěp'rə-)   
adj.  Possible to separate: separable sheets of paper.
sep'a·ra·bil'i·ty n., sep'a·ra·bly adv.
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