separation
Americannoun
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an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
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a place, line, or point of parting.
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a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
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something that separates or divides.
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Law.
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cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.
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Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.
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Photography. separation negative.
noun
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the act of separating or state of being separated
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the place or line where a separation is made
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a gap that separates
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family law the cessation of cohabitation between a man and wife, either by mutual agreement or under a decree of a court Compare judicial separation divorce
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the act of jettisoning a burnt-out stage of a multistage rocket
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the instant at which such a stage is jettisoned
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Other Word Forms
- nonseparation noun
- preseparation noun
- reseparation noun
Etymology
Origin of separation
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin sēparātiōn- (stem of sēparātiō ), equivalent to sēparāt ( us ) separate + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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After DNA separation, large microtubule structures called asters expand throughout the cytoplasm.
From Science Daily
While this was more the final step in a drawn-out, painful process of separation than the decisive blow, “everyone was saying I broke up the Beatles,” he says in the documentary.
"The key point here is that this early separation between parent and offspring, and the size differences between these creatures, likely led to profound ecological consequences," Holtz explained.
From Science Daily
Stop dreaming of the separation of Russia and China.
I, as your narrator, am already feeling the coming separation when we will part company.
From Literature
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