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separable

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.51 in modern English

Syllables
sep-a-ra-ble
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be separated.

adj

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.

adj

Having a countable dense subset.

adj

Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:

adj

Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:

Obsolete

adj

Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:

adj

Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:

Example Sentences

  • "x²#43;1 is separable, since its roots are i and -i."

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: separable, sēparābilis

Usage

Inflected Forms

more separable (comparative) most separable (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonseparable quasiseparable semiseparable separableness separably superseparable unseparable

Phrases

separable affix separable extension separable polynomial separable prefix separable verb

Frequently Paired Words

separability

Synonyms

disunitable separatable dissociable severable

Antonyms

annexable combinable inseparable

Questions

What does separable mean?
Able to be separated.
Where does separable come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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