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Definition of Separation
1. Noun. The state of lacking unity.
Specialized synonyms: Discreteness, Distinctness, Separateness, Severalty, Isolation, Discontinuity, Disconnectedness, Disconnection, Disjunction, Disjuncture, Disassociation
Attributes: Separate
Antonyms: Union
2. Noun. Coming apart.
Generic synonyms: Alteration, Change, Modification
Specialized synonyms: Breach, Break, Falling Out, Rift, Rupture, Severance, Break
Derivative terms: Break Up, Break Up, Detach, Separate
3. Noun. The distance between things. "Fragile items require separation and cushioning"
4. Noun. Sorting one thing from others. "The separation of mail by postal zones"
Generic synonyms: Sorting
Derivative terms: Separate
5. Noun. The social act of separating or parting company. "The separation of church and state"
Specialized synonyms: Divorce, Divorcement, Seclusion, Closing Off, Isolation, Segregation, Sequestration, Separationism, Separatism
Derivative terms: Separate
6. Noun. The space where a division or parting occurs. "He hid in the separation between walls"
7. Noun. The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal).
8. Noun. (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order).
Generic synonyms: Cessation, Surcease
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Separate
9. Noun. The act of dividing or disconnecting.
Specialized synonyms: Avulsion, Dissociation, Secession, Withdrawal, Disunion, Disconnection, Disjunction, Division, Detachment, Disengagement, Tear, Remotion, Removal, Division, Partition, Partitioning, Sectionalisation, Sectionalization, Segmentation, Divergence, Divergency, Withdrawal
Specialized synonyms: Secession
Derivative terms: Separate
Definition of Separation
1. n. The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
Definition of Separation
1. Noun. The act of separating or the condition of being separated. ¹
2. Noun. The place at which a division occurs. ¹
3. Noun. An interval, gap or space that separates things. ¹
4. Noun. (legal) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Separation
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Medical Definition of Separation
1. The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: Chemical analysis. Divorce. The operation of removing water from steam. Judicial separation, 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. Origin: L. Separatio: cf. F. Separation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Separation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"Walls, HL and Metzger, FJ Quantitative separation of tungstic acid front silicic
acid. ... Manchot antl Kieser, AJ (separation of tungsten from silica). ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"THE separation OF THE RARE EARTHS. BY C. JAMES. Received March 23, 1912.
Since writing a scheme for the separation of rare earths in 1908, many new methods ..."
3. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"separation of Bismuth from Mercury. The insoluble sulphides, remaining from ...
separation of Bismuth from Lead. This is the most important procedure in the ..."
4. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1893)
"0-71 2-12 By mechanical separation it was found impossible to effect a separation
of the zinc blende with which this mineral was associated. ..."
5. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1892)
"The separation of Baryta and Lime.— K. Fresenius* has examined a number of methods
... He finds that from weak acetic solutions a complete separation may be ..."
6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"A method is also given for the separation of Ti and Zr in the presence of Fe and
Mn by means of ... Concerning a New separation of Titanium and Zirconium. ..."
7. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"He who thinks on the real significance of things will place the act of separation
in 1767 rather than 1784. Thus the two strongest motives of separation ..."
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