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separatory

[ sep-er-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving to separate.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of separatory1

1650–60; < New Latin sēparātōrius, equivalent to Latin sēparā ( re ) to separate + -tōrius -tory 1

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Example Sentences

Now, char a portion of the sample, dissolve in water and pour into the separatory funnel, letting it run slowly into the flask.

Extract with five times its volume of ether by agitation in a separatory funnel.

Fill the liquefied butter into the sterile separatory funnel.

Attach the nozzle of the separatory funnel to the filter candle by means of the perforated rubber stopper (Fig. 37).

Disinfect the filter candle and separatory funnel by boiling.

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