What does separatable mean?

Answer 1

It refers to something/s that can be separated from itself/each other.
the lid is separatable from the bottle.

that said, I have not found any dictionary reference for this, as I believe it is a colloquial term. The correct word we be "separable"

sep⋅a⋅ra⋅ble  AC_FL_RunContent = 0; var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( "http://cache.lexico.com/d/g/speaker.swf", "speaker", "17", "15", "", "6");interfaceflash.addParam("loop", "false");interfaceflash.addParam("quality", "high");interfaceflash.addParam("menu", "false");interfaceflash.addParam("salign", "t");interfaceflash.addParam("FlashVars", "soundUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fcache.lexico.com%2Fdictionary%2Faudio%2Fluna%2FS03%2FS0343700.mp3&clkLogProxyUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fdictionary.reference.com%2Fwhatzup.html&t=a&d=d&s=di&c=a&ti=1&ai=51359&l=dir&o=0&sv=00000000&ip=464c2c86&u=audio"); interfaceflash.addParam('wmode','transparent');interfaceflash.write();  /ˈsɛpərəbəl, ˈsɛprə-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sep-er-uh-buhl, sep-ruh-] Show IPA Use separable in a Sentence See web results for separable See images of separable
-adjective 1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated. 2. Mathematics. a. containing a countable dense subset. b. (of a differential equation) capable of being written so that coefficients of the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone. Compare separation of variables.
Origin:
1350-1400; ME (< MF) < L sēparābilis, equiv. to sēparā(re) to separate + -bilis -ble
Related forms:
sepâ‹…aâ‹…raâ‹…bilâ‹…iâ‹…ty, sepâ‹…aâ‹…raâ‹…bleâ‹…ness, noun
sepâ‹…aâ‹…raâ‹…bly, adverb
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