Separation
[sepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sɛpə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of dividing or disconnecting.
(noun.) the social act of separating or parting company; 'the separation of church and state'.
(noun.) sorting one thing from others; 'the separation of wheat from chaff'; 'the separation of mail by postal zones'.
(noun.) the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal).
(noun.) coming apart.
(noun.) the space where a division or parting occurs; 'he hid in the separation between walls'.
(noun.) the state of lacking unity.
Edited by Joanne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.
(n.) Chemical analysis.
(n.) Divorce.
(n.) The operation of removing water from steam.
Edited by Hugh
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Disjunction, disunion, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation, isolation.
Edited by Craig
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disunion, disjunction, disconnection, disengagement, dissociation,[SeeJUDGMENT]
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Examples
- The want of relation in the ideas breaks the relation of the impressions, and by such a separation prevents their mutual operation and influence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- In a narrative not intended to be strictly technical, it would probably tire the reader to follow this material in detail through the numerous steps attending the magnetic separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Simple perceptions or impressions and ideas are such as admit of no distinction nor separation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Only in the summer of 1776 did Congress take the irrevocable step of declaring for separation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have before us the need of overcoming this separation in education if society is to be truly democratic. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Reduced to its barest, crudest terms, the proposition of magnetic separation is simplicity itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But the separation was imperfect even them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But it is more than doubtful if he had any such separation in mind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When I adverted to the question of their entire separation, she replied: Be it so! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And then he knew, he must go away from her, there must be pure separation between them. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The nearness of this place to London was such, as to take away the idea of painful separation, when we quitted Raymond and Perdita. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The separation has not made the impression on me, that other separations have. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He then said with much solemnity: 'One thing more I have to do, before this separation is complete, and that is to perform an act of justice. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My love, it will be scarcely a separation. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Another device is the separation of municipal, state and national elections: to hold them all at the same time is an inducement to prevent the voter from splitting his allegiance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The separation has not made the impression on me, that other separations have. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The latter assumes continuity; the former state or imply certain basic divisions, separations, or antitheses, technically called dualisms. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Writing to each other, said Lucy, returning the letter into her pocket, is the only comfort we have in such long separations. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- These ancient separations must have remained effectual well into Neolithic times. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This situation in education represents the divisions and separations which obtain in social life. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mr. Weston was chatty and convivial, and no friend to early separations of any sort; but at last the drawing-room party did receive an augmentation. Jane Austen. Emma.
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