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UK
/sˌɛpəɹˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌsɛpɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌsɛpɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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the space where a division or parting occurs
he hid in the separation between walls - coming apart
- (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
- the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
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the social act of separating or parting company
the separation of church and state -
the distance between things
fragile items require separation and cushioning -
sorting one thing from others
the separation of mail by postal zones
the separation of wheat from chaff - the state of lacking unity
- the act of dividing or disconnecting
How To Use separation In A Sentence
- Our goal is to reduce the excess downforce to a point where we do create a little separation.
- The Hindu fakir would sit for days without food or water, or bury himself alive as a kind of spiritual observance, a separation of mind from body.
- And the ultimate separation, the ultimate twinning, is the separation between the lawyer and the self — the creation of a professional role that is not you, but comes to have a life of its own, that comes to be as important as the authentic self. Is That Legal?: Books Archives
- A multi-cyclone dust separator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises at least three dust separation units for separating dust stepwise from relatively larger size.
- A method for separation and determination of cantharidin from the culture of medicinal fungi using capillary gas chromatography was developed.
- As well, some new sewers will be laid in the town and there will be greater separation of surface water from foul sewer to create more capacity in the treatment plant.
- The permanent solution is not technology, but what we call ecological separation - or no movement of live organisms between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River via the canals," said Alliance President Joel Brammeier, who co-authored a study on the subject in 2008. ENS
- But we identify with this physical separation even at a mental and spiritual level, where such separation has begun to dissolve.
- Most attempts to quantify the effect of a separation are speculative. Times, Sunday Times
- A chemical separation method, leaching works mainly to isolate soluble materials from a solid mixture.
