separation

1. 1. The act or process of separating.
   2. The condition of being separated.
2. The place at which a division or parting occurs.
3. An interval or space that separates; a gap.
4. 1. Law. An agreement or court decree terminating a spousal relationship.
   2. Discharge, as from employment or military service.

noun

1. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, severance, split. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.
2. The act or process of detaching: detachment, disconnection, disengagement, uncoupling. See assemble/disassemble.
3. The act or an instance of distinguishing: differentiation, discrimination, distinction. See same/different/compare.
4. The act or process of isolating: insulation, isolation, segregation, sequestration. See include/exclude.
5. A space or interval between objects or points: gap, interspace, interstice, interval. See open/close.

Definition: state of being apart; break-up
Antonyms: connection, togetherness, unification, union

The development of layers of paint of different composition in a can during storage when the materials are not completely soluble, miscible, or stable.

A termination of cohabitation of husband and wife either by mutual agreement or, in the case of judicial separation, under the decree of a court.

See: divorce.

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Separation may refer to:

• Separation (United States military), the process by which a service member leaves active duty
• Separation (Air Traffic Control), rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight
• Separation (1967 film), a British feature film written by and starring Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond
• Separation mastering, in music recording

In science:

• Flow separation, separation of a fluid boundary layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid
• Separation of concerns, in computer science (and problem-solving in general)
• Separation process, in chemistry
• Separation axiom, concepts in the area of mathematics called topology
• Separated sets, related concept in topology, two sets disjoint from the other's closure
• Separation (behavior), the behavior of flocking animals to stand off from their neighbours

In law:

• Legal separation, a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce

In politics:

• Separation of church and state, the idea that religion and government functions should be separate
• Political separation - Separatism, those seeking to "separate" their group or territory from a larger entity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - separation, adskillelse, sortering, udskillelse

idioms:

• separation order    separationsbevilling

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheiding, afsplitsing, uiteengaan echtscheiding

Français (French)
n. - séparation, divorce

idioms:

• separation order    jugement de séparation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Trennung

idioms:

• separation order    gerichtliche Anordnung des Getrenntlebens

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποχωρισμός, διαχωρισμός, χωρισμός, αποκόλληση, αντιδιαστολή, διαχωρισμός έγχρωμης φωτογραφίας

idioms:

• separation order    (νομ.) διαζευκτήριο

Italiano (Italian)
separazione

idioms:

• judicial/legal separation    separazione legale
• separation order    ordine di separazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - separação (f), desunião (f), divisão (f)

idioms:

• judicial/legal separation    separação de corpos por ordem judicial
• separation order    ordem de separação

Русский (Russian)
отделение, разлука, сортировка, раздельное жительство супругов, окончание договорных отношений, демобилизация

idioms:

• judicial/legal separation    судебное разлучение
• separation order    решение суда о раздельном жительстве супругов

Español (Spanish)
n. - separación, clasificación

idioms:

• separation order    orden de separación

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - separation, avsöndrande, frånskiljande, separering, skilsmässa

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
分离, 缺口, 分居

idioms:

• separation order    分居后判决令

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分離, 缺口, 分居

idioms:

• separation order    分居後判決令

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 분리, 이별, 갈라진 틈

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分離, 別離, 分離箇所, 分かれ目, 間隔, 別居

idioms:

• judicial/legal separation    裁判上の別居
• separation order    法的な引き離し命令

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صرف من ألخدمه أو ألجيش, طلاق, أنفصال, فصل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הפרדה, הבדלה, פירוד, ניתוק, הבדל, רווח, לוח-הדפסה בצבע אחד המצטרף ללוחות אחרים להדפסת תמונה צבעונית‬

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