Hypertext Webster Gateway: "separation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Separation \Sep`a*ra"tion\, n. [L. separatio: cf. F.
s['e]paration.]
The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or
separate. Specifically:
(a) Chemical analysis.
(b) Divorce.
(c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from
steam.
{Judicial separation} (Law), a form of divorce; a separation
of man and wife which has the effect of making each a
single person for all legal purposes but without ability
to contract a new marriage. --Mozley & W.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
separation
n 1: the act of dividing or disconnecting
2: coming apart [syn: {breakup}, {detachment}]
3: the state of lacking unity [ant: {union}]
4: the distance between things; "fragile items require
separation and cushioning" [syn: {interval}]
5: sorting one thing from others: "the separation of wheat from
chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones"
6: the social act of separating or parting company; "the
separation of church and state"
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