Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
separation - 7 dictionary results

sep⋅a⋅ra⋅tion

[sep-uh-rey-shuhn]
–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. Law.
a. cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.
b. judicial separation.
6. Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.
7. Photography. separation negative.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L sēparātiōn- (s. of sēparātiō), equiv. to sēparāt(us) separate + -iōn- -ion

separation negative

–noun
Photography. a black-and-white negative of one of the additive primary colors used to form a color image.
Also called separation.
sep·a·ra·tion   (sěp'ə-rā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act or process of separating.
    2. The condition of being separated.
    3. Law An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.
    4. Discharge, as from employment or military service.
  1. The place at which a division or parting occurs.
  2. An interval or space that separates; a gap.
    1. Law An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.
    2. Discharge, as from employment or military service.

Separation

Sep`a*ra"tion\, n. [L. separatio: cf. F. s['e]paration.] The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: (a) Chemical analysis. (b) Divorce. (c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from steam.

Judicial separation (Law), a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect of making each a single person for all legal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. --Mozley & W.
Language Translation for : separation
Spanish: separación,
German: die Trennung,
Japanese: 分離

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.

Main Entry: sep·a·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "se-p&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : cessation of cohabitation between a married couple by mutual agreement with intent that it be permanent; also : LEGAL SEPARATION —compare DIVORCE
NOTE: In some cases in which the estrangement is extreme, a separation is considered to have occurred even when the couple retain the same residence if they have stopped communicating and engaging in sexual relations and intend to be separated.
2 : termination of a contractual relationship (as employment or military service)

Main Entry: sep·a·ra·tion
Pronunciation: "sep-&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the process of isolating or extracting fromor of becoming isolated from a mixture; also : the resulting state
2 : DISLOCATION—see SHOULDER SEPARATION
Search another word or see separation on Thesaurus | Reference