Separation - English meaning

Separation – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The action or state of moving or being moved apart.
Usage examples:
The damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children
Synonims:
DisconnectionDetachmentSeveranceUncouplingDissociationDisassociationDisjunctionDisunionDisaffiliationSegregationPartitionSunderingDissevermentBreak-upSplitSplit-upPartingEstr
noun
The division of something into constituent or distinct elements.
Usage examples:
Prose structured into short sentences with meaningful separation into paragraphs
noun
Distinction or difference between the signals carried by the two channels of a stereophonic system.
Usage examples:
Use two transmitters for full stereo separation
noun
Short for colour separation.
noun
The generation of a turbulent boundary layer between the surface of a body and a moving fluid, or between two fluids moving at different speeds.
Usage examples:
His work on separation of the boundary layer was summarised in the von neumann lecture he gave to t…

Separation translation into English

Separation: translate from English into Chinese

分离, 分割, 拆开

Separation: translate from English into Dutch

Scheiding, Afscheiding, Afzondering, Schifting, Het uiteengaan

Separation: translate from English into French

Séparation, Départ, Scission, Sélection, Triage

Separation: translate from English into German

Trennung, Abtrennung, Scheidung, Absonderung

Separation: translate from English into Hindi

पृथक्करण, जुदाई, विभाजन, वियोग, विच्छेद, विरह, वियोजन, विभक्ति, अलगाना, बिलगाव, पृथकभवन, विप्रयोग, विप्रलंभ, भंजन, पार्थक्य, वियुक्ति

Separation: translate from English into Italian

Separazione, Distacco

Separation: translate from English into Korean

분리, 별거, 간격, 해고, 분리선, 제대, 분리점

Separation: translate from English into Russian

Разделение, Отделение, Сепарация, Разлука, Разъединение, Разлучение, Развод, Разобщение, Увольнение, Обогащение, Раздельное жительство супругов, Разложение на части, Демобилизация

Separation: translate from English into Spanish

Separación, Clasificación, Desnatado

Word origin

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin separatio(n- ), from separare ‘disjoin, divide’ (see separate).

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Separation – similar words

separable

adjective
Able to be separated or treated separately.
Usage examples:
Body and soul are not separable

adjective
Able to be separated from each other

Separable - all meanings in English

Separation synonims

detachment

dɪˈtætʃ.mənt

noun
The state of being objective or aloof.
Usage examples:
He felt a sense of detachment from what was going on

noun
A group of soldiers who are separated from the main group in order to perform a particular duty
Usage examples:
A detachment of paratroopers

noun
A feeling of not being emotionally involved
Usage examples:
Air of detachment she had an air of detachment about her.

Detachment - all meanings in English

disassociation

ˌdɪs.əˌsəʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən

noun
→ dissociation

Disassociation - all meanings in English

disconnection

ˌdɪskəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n

noun
The state of being isolated or detached.
Usage examples:
I felt a sense of disconnection from the city environment

Disconnection - all meanings in English

disjunction

dɪsˈdʒʌŋ(k)ʃ(ə)n

noun
A lack of correspondence or consistency.
Usage examples:
There is a disjunction between the skills taught in education and those demanded in the labour market

Disjunction - all meanings in English

dissociation

dɪˌsəʊ.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən

noun
The action of disconnecting or separating or the state of being disconnected.
Usage examples:
We in the west honour a long-standing dissociation between church and state

noun
The fact of being separate from and not related to something else
Usage examples:
The work finds a fairly complete dissociation between learning and sleep., the evaluation of materi…

noun
The action of separating yourself, or considering yourself to be separate, from something or someone
Usage examples:
Dissociation from a movement grew, demanding dissociation from the war and for britain to withdraw …

Dissociation - all meanings in English

disunion

dɪsˈjuː.njən

noun
The breaking up of something such as a federation.
Usage examples:
His rejection of disunion was consistent with his nationalism

noun
A situation in which people disagree so much that they can no longer work or exist together in an effective way
Usage examples:
Differences in language can sometimes cause disunion between countries., the team succeeded in prod…

noun
The action or state of separating
Usage examples:
The argument in favour of disunion was not presented honestly., for the uk, disunion from scotland …

Disunion - all meanings in English

parting

noun
The action of leaving or being separated from someone.
Usage examples:
They exchanged a few words on parting

verb
(of two things) move away from each other.
Usage examples:
His lips parted in a smile

noun
The act of leaving or of moving apart
Usage examples:
[ c ] it was a sad parting, because we knew it was the last time we would see each other., she gave…

Parting - all meanings in English

partition

noun
(especially with reference to a country with separate areas of government) the action or state of dividing or being divided into parts.
Usage examples:
The country's partition into separate states

verb
Divide into parts.
Usage examples:
An agreement was reached to partition the country

noun
The division of something into smaller parts, or something that divides a space
Usage examples:
[ u ] the partition of the building into separate apartments brought in enough income that she coul…

Partition - all meanings in English

segregation

noun
The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Usage examples:
The segregation of pupils with learning difficulties

Segregation - all meanings in English

severance

noun
The action of ending a connection or relationship.
Usage examples:
The severance and disestablishment of the irish church

Severance - all meanings in English

split

verb
Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.
Usage examples:
The ice cracked and split

noun
A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.
Usage examples:
Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun
A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

Split - all meanings in English

sundering

verb
Split apart.
Usage examples:
A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war

verb
To break something apart
Usage examples:
The last few bubbles rose from the sundered ship.

Sundering - all meanings in English

uncoupling

verb
Disconnect (something, especially a railway vehicle that has been coupled to another).
Usage examples:
They uncoupled the engine

verb
Present participle of uncouple
Usage examples:
The engine had been uncoupled from the rest of the train.

Uncoupling - all meanings in English

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