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[sep-uh-rey-shuhn]

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noun

an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.

a place, line, or point of parting.

a gap, hole, rent, or the like.

something that separates or divides.

Law.

cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.

judicial separation.

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Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.

Photography. separation negative.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin sēparātiōn- (stem of sēparātiō), equivalent to sēparāt(us) separate + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

non·sep·a·ra·tion, noun

pre·sep·a·ra·tion, noun

re·sep·a·ra·tion, noun

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Separation is always a great word to know.

So is mandatory. Does it mean:

permitting no option, not to be disregarded or modified

a written agreement deposited with a third person, by whom it is to be delivered to the grantee or promisee on the fulfillment of some condition

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Example Sentences

It does not provide for separation of church and baseball.

Visits now entailed six hours and a stopover in each direction, and the separation felt completely unfair.

He may even have accepted the likelihood of separation.

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It does not provide for separation of church and baseball.

Visits now entailed six hours and a stopover in each direction, and the separation felt completely unfair.

He may even have accepted the likelihood of separation.

The initiation includes a period of separation from family, during which older men mentor the younger ones.

Voila, two images of the same subject with slight separation.

There is some psychological separation from the street, yet it feels neighborly.

Sonar cuts through the degrees of social separation by telling you whether you and anyone nearby have mutual connections.

Separation anxiety disorder almost always occurs in children.

Both sides generally waive any claims about remarks made up to the time they actually sign the separation agreement.

The best reason for a ban is to emphasise the separation of church and state, or rather mosque and state, in a secular democracy.

Keller's group argues that the separation between the layers indicates that they come from different impacts.

If they did marry, they were at high risk for divorce or separation.

We would as well consent to separation at once, including the surrender of this capitol".

The solution: add more of a delay after the first-stage engine stops firing before separation to ensure a clean break.

It is suspected in children who are excessively anxious about separation from important family members.

The separation between private providers and public universities has blurred, for example.

Yet there is also plenty to counter the forces of separation.

Ice particles collide as they swirl around in a storm, causing a separation of electrical charges.

Mount the rings on a wooden base parallel to each other at a separation equal to their diameter.

Speciation occurs due to geographic separation which prevents interbreeding over time.

Or rather, it is four conjoined thumb-drives, perforated for easy separation.

In some ways, the separation between the two isn't a problem.

But that trend disguises a rise in the overall separation rate.

We are influenced in such lifestyle choices by people we've never met-friends of friends up to three degrees of separation away.

One a hot-gas system of payload fairing separation and the other a cold-gas system.

Coupled with the rather slow new lenses, you're not going to be able to get much separation.

Six degrees of separation is another effective strategy.

So the commission rules out a complete separation of the retail and wholesale businesses.

The idea is that all the extra brightness is coming from a process called phase separation.

Psychological impacts of long-term separation anxiety.

They can allow separation standards to be based not on controllers' mental capacities but on each plane's performance capability.

Marketing to students does not violate separation of church and state.

The surprise may perhaps be that this separation took so long.

Mandatory separation of brothers already serving together was considered, but no action was taken.

In my opinion, separation of church and science is as important as separation of church and state.

Most of the new proposals aren't explicit attacks on the separation of church and state.

It's possible that you may be offered protection in the form of a separation agreement.

Catalina's separation from the mainland is psychological and geographical.

The separation closes too slowly for us to appreciate the force of the coming crunch.

It's safe to say their leaders are feeling a certain separation anxiety.

In the small world of discipline-specific research, those degrees of separation are fewer than six.

After separation the tank will reenter the atmosphere and disintegrate.

Although the separation actually weakens the description, it is an important feature of abstract language, the researchers note.

But it had never been tried for so long and with such absolute physical separation.

In the case of dentistry the separation is created by insurance and in education the separation is ceated by financial aid.

She struggled with life and her parent's separation didn't give her much encouragement.

Science has more separation from state than religion in this country.

Especially when it comes to issues of science in schools, personal freedoms, and separation of church and state.

The federal government is a good example where the separation of powers is effective.

They are showing severe signs of separation anxiety.

Just think how many legislators would have to demand then that the separation of church and state really does exist.

The result is a better separation of biodiesel and glycerol, and a cleaner, higher grade of both substances.

The separation seems to contradict the claims of the commercial/product butthe bathtubs.

Do what you're comfortable with but remember their protests might not be about the crate but rather their separation from you.

But then, because of their elasticity, they will resist separation when stressed.

Excellent audio performance with diverse separation at mid and high ranges.

They seem to thrive on the separation and claim it makes being together that much better.

Bigger mirrors also boost a telescope's angular resolution, or its ability to measure the separation between two close objects.

Pumps out rich sound with detailed separation at low, medium, and traumatic brain injury inducing volumes.

In terms of scientific inquiry, the separation of proof from disproof is not so neat and clean.

Lithium concentration in sea water was determined without prior chemical separation by the use of atomic absorption spectrometry.

Five speakers give good sound, and decent stereo separation.

They are an easy way to create separation between first and last names.

Plasma forms by charge separation and thus causes electrical differences across vast distances of space.

Aluminium destruction test for capsule top-cone separation.

The only solution to these controversies is to have separation of school and state.

However, studies from neuroscience and evolutionary biology challenge this separation of art from non-art.

Twist a knob on the left side and you'll get a faux boost to the spatial sound and some added stereo separation.

If social knowledge is to have any sort of separation at all from market.

Granulated carbons are used for water treatment, deodourisation and separation of components of flow system.

Price continues to be haunted by separation anxiety.

It only serves to add another layer of separation between academics and the general public.

There is no separation between science and politics and any thought to the contrary is irrelevant.

The triangle represents separation from the rocket and the square is the touchdown point.

Guess she's never heard of the separation of church and state.

Could be produced from electricity from nuclear thru electrolysis and air separation.

Everyone knew everyone else within a couple of degrees of separation or.

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World English Dictionary

separation (ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən)

—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

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la puissance (Montesquieu, 1748). Separation anxiety first attested 1943.

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