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the outdated belief that the atom is the smallest particle of matter and is not separable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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for separable
divisible
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In Zeno’s paradox, for instance, a tortoise gets a head start in a race with Achilles, who will never catch up to the tortoise if the race is defined in terms of the distance between them, which is infinitely divisible into ever smaller slices.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Only idealized systems that involve infinity—an infinitely long tape, an infinitely extensive grid of particles, an infinitely divisible space for placing pinballs and rubber ducks—can be truly undecidable.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Separable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separable. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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