separable

From Middle French séparable, from Latin separabilis.

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separable (comparative more separable, superlative most separable)

1. Able to be separated.
2. (mathematics, of a differential equation) Able to be brought to a form where all occurrences of the dependent and the independent variable are on opposite sides of the equal sign.
3. (mathematical analysis, of a topological space) Having a countable dense subset.

• disunitable
• separatable

• (antonym(s) of “able to be separated”): annexable, combinable, inseparable

• separability

• bearleaps, parseable, spareable, spearable

separable (epicene, plural separables)

1. separable

Borrowed from Latin sēparābilis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.pəˈɾab.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.paˈɾa.ble]

separable m or f (masculine and feminine plural separables)

1. separable

   Antonym: inseparable

• separar

• “separable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “separable”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “separable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “separable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin sēparābilis.

• IPA^(key): /sepaˈɾable/ [se.paˈɾa.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: se‧pa‧ra‧ble

separable m or f (masculine and feminine plural separables)

1. separable, detachable

   Antonym: inseparable

• “separable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28