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the outdated belief that the atom is the smallest particle of matter and is not separable
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Second, the tent canopy and the fly can be pitched and packed simultaneously thanks to a connected (but still separable) design.
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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
As if those two states are separable.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
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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
As if those two states are separable.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
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“Separable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separable. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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