as in divisible
capable of being split into two or more parts or pieces
the outdated belief that the atom is the smallest particle of matter and is not separable
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Recent Examples of separable
The innovation of the BPE is to make the two discoveries separable, meaning that the same drug need not be both lifesaving and lifestyle-improving.
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Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
Second, the tent canopy and the fly can be pitched and packed simultaneously thanks to a connected (but still separable) design.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
Critically, traveling waves are not space–time separable.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
Verbs can be separable (don't ask).
—Arkansas Online, 1 July 2021
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Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
Second, the tent canopy and the fly can be pitched and packed simultaneously thanks to a connected (but still separable) design.
—Adrienne Donica, Popular Mechanics, 3 Mar. 2023
Critically, traveling waves are not space–time separable.
—Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2015
Verbs can be separable (don't ask).
—Arkansas Online, 1 July 2021
See All Example Sentences for separable
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These numbers, which are only divisible by 1 and themselves, form the atoms of number theory, so to speak, and have fascinated humankind for thousands of years.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cracking the code to prime numbers, figures only divisible by one and itself, means access to any computer across the globe.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Separable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separable. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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