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SEPARATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of dividing or disconnecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
avulsion (a forcible tearing or surgical separation of one body part from another)
dissociation (the act of removing from association)
secession; withdrawal (formal separation from an alliance or federation)
disunion (the termination or destruction of union)
disconnection; disjunction (the act of breaking a connection)
division (the act or process of dividing)
detachment; disengagement (the act of releasing from an attachment or connection)
tear (the act of tearing)
remotion; removal (the act of removing)
division; partition; partitioning; sectionalisation; sectionalization; segmentation (the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart)
divergence; divergency (the act of moving away in different direction from a common point)
withdrawal (the act of ceasing to participate in an activity)
Instance hyponyms:
Secession (the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American Civil War)
Derivation:
separate (force, take, or pull apart)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The social act of separating or parting company
Example:
the separation of church and state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
separationism; separatism (advocacy of a policy of strict separation of church and state)
segregation; sequestration (the act of segregating or sequestering)
closing off; isolation (the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others)
seclusion (the act of secluding yourself from others)
divorce; divorcement (the legal dissolution of a marriage)
Derivation:
separate (go one's own way; move apart)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Synonyms:
legal separation; separation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
cessation; surcease (a stopping)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
separate (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Sorting one thing from others
Example:
the separation of mail by postal zones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
sorting (grouping by class or kind or size)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
threshing (the separation of grain or seeds from the husks and straw)
sifting; winnow; winnowing (the act of separating grain from chaff)
Derivation:
separate (divide into components or constituents)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The distance between things
Example:
fragile items require separation and cushioning
Synonyms:
interval; separation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
clearance (the distance by which one thing clears another; the space between them)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
final result; outcome; result; resultant; termination (something that results)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Coming apart
Synonyms:
breakup; detachment; separation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
alteration; change; modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
breach; break; falling out; rift; rupture; severance (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions))
break (the occurrence of breaking)
Derivation:
separate (come apart)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The space where a division or parting occurs
Example:
he hid in the separation between walls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The state of lacking unity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("separation" is a kind of...):
state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)
Attribute:
separate (independent; not united or joint)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "separation"):
discreteness; distinctness; separateness; severalty (the state of being several and distinct)
isolation (a state of separation between persons or groups)
discontinuity (lack of connection or continuity)
disconnectedness; disconnection; disjunction; disjuncture (state of being disconnected)
disassociation (the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination)
Antonym:
union (the state of being joined or united or linked)
Context examples:
Testing the device's ability to resist local separation into two, or more, pieces under the action of stress.
(Device Fracture Toughness Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
A wound or cleft resulted from tissue separation into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
(Cut, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the unintentional separation of the device and/or its components from something to which it is connected or attached.
(Detachment of Medical Device Component, Food and Drug Administration)
Device problems caused by the separation of a component, object, or material into two or more pieces including shear.
(Device Fracture Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
He wondered that Fanny spoke so seldom of her, and had so little voluntarily to say of her concern at this separation.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
If a separation of two months should not have cooled him, there were dangers and evils before her:—caution for him and for herself would be necessary.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
My love, it will be scarcely a separation.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The liquid or gas entering a chromatographic bed used to effect a separation.
(Eluent, NCI Thesaurus)
Separation of ice and rock would lead to differences in the chemical composition of Ceres' surface and interior.
(Where is the Ice on Ceres?, NASA)
Separation of a gas mixture into purified component gases for medical use.
(Medical Gas Purification, NCI Thesaurus)
