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separable

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From Middle English separable, from Middle French separable and its etymon Latin sēparābilis.

adjective more separable · most separable

  1. Able to be separated.
  2. 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. of a topological space Having a countable dense subset.
  4. of a polynomial Having no repeated roots (where roots are considered in an algebraic closure) x²#43;1 is separable, since its roots are i and -i.
  5. obsolete, of a polynomial P, of a polynomial Such that none of the irreducible factors of P have a repeated root.
  6. of an algebraic field extension E/F Such that the minimal polynomial of every element of E is a separable polynomial.
  7. abstract, of an algebra over a ring Satisfying any of several technical conditions on the center of the algebra which generalize the situation of field extensions; see Separable algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Similar: disunitable, separatable · Opposite: annexable, combinable, inseparable

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adjective

Similar: disunitable, separatable · Opposite: annexable, combinable, inseparable

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adj (differential equations)

Españolseparable
Portuguêsseparável
Françaisséparable
Deutschseparierbar, trennbar
Italianoseparabile

adj able to be separated

Españolseparable
日本語切り離せる kirihanaseru, 分離できる bunri dekiru, 可分の kabun no
Portuguêsseparável
Deutschseparabel, trennbar
Italianoseparabile
Русскийотделимый otdelimyj

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@misc{separable_2026,
  title = {separable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/separable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}