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separation

[ sep-uh-rey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  2. a place, line, or point of parting.
  3. a gap, hole, rent, or the like.
  4. something that separates or divides.
  5. Law.
    1. cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent.
  6. Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder.
  7. Photography. separation negative.


separation

/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of separating or state of being separated
  2. the place or line where a separation is made
  3. a gap that separates
  4. 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
    1. the act of jettisoning a burnt-out stage of a multistage rocket
    2. the instant at which such a stage is jettisoned
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ԴDzȴ··tDz noun
  • ȴ··tDz noun
  • ȴ··tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of separation1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin ŧ貹پō- (stem of ŧ貹پō ), equivalent to ŧ貹 ( us ) separate + -ō- -ion
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"Over time, these changes undermined risk controls used to manage traffic separation and created a conflict point between launching and departing helicopters," it said.

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The separation of the ninth and first fairways is less cluttered.

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"The Order violates and subverts the separation of powers by lawlessly arrogating to the President authority to declare election rules by executive fiat."

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There are times such separation can be beneficial, however.

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“You can definitely tell that there was no separation in the grass and it had time to grow.”

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