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separable

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sep·a·ra·ble  (spr--bl, spr-)
adj.
Possible to separate: separable sheets of paper.
sepa·ra·bili·ty n.
sepa·ra·bly adv.
separable [ˈsɛpərəbəl ˈsɛprəbəl]
adj
able to be separated, divided, or parted
separability , separableness n
separably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.separable - capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";
dissociable, severable
divisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"
separable
adjective distinguishable, detachable, divisible, severable, scissile Character is not separable from physical form.
Translations
separable [ˈsepərəbl] ADJ → separable
separable [ˈsɛpərəbəl] adj → séparable
to be separable from sth → être séparable de qch
separable
adj → trennbar
separable [ˈsɛp/ərəbl] adj → separabile
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The firmaments of air and sea were hardly separable in that all-pervading azure; only, the pensive air was transparently pure and soft, with a woman's look, and the robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells, as Samson's chest in his sleep.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The German grammar is blistered all over with separable verbs; and the wider the two portions of one of them are spread apart, the better the author of the crime is pleased with his performance.
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
No one has the least regard for the man; with them all, he has been an object of avoidance, suspicion, and aversion; but the spark of life within him is curiously separable from himself now, and they have a deep interest in it, probably because it IS life, and they are living and must die.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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