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
[sep-er-uh-buh
l, sep-ruh-] 