adj
Meaning 1
Able to be separated.
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Standard Lemma guide
separable
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adj
Meaning 2
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.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 3
Having a countable dense subset.
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Topics: mathematical-analysis, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:
Having no repeated roots (where roots are considered in an algebraic closure)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- x2#43;1 is separable, since its roots are i and -i.
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adj
Meaning 5
Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:
Having no repeated roots (where roots are considered in an algebraic closure)
Such that none of the irreducible factors of P have a repeated root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: Galois theory
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:
Such that the minimal polynomial of every element of E is a separable polynomial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Galois theory
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 7
Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined:
Satisfying any of several technical conditions on the center of the algebra which generalize the situation of field extensions; see Separable algebra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abstract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
capable of being divided or dissociated;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- often drugs and crime are not dissociable
- the siamese twins were not considered separable
- a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dissociable, severable
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History
Etymology
From Middle English separable, from Middle French separable and its etymon Latin sēparābilis.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: отделим (otdelim) — able to be separated
- Catalan: separable — able to be separated
- Dutch: scheidbaar — able to be separated
- Finnish: separoituva — able to be separated
- Finnish: erottuva — able to be separated
- Galician: separable — able to be separated
- German: separabel — able to be separated
- German: trennbar — able to be separated
- Hungarian: szétválasztható — able to be separated
- Hungarian: elválasztható — able to be separated
- Italian: separabile — able to be separated
- Japanese: 切り離せる (kirihanaseru) — able to be separated
- Japanese: 分離できる (bunri dekiru) — able to be separated
- Japanese: 可分の (kabun no) — able to be separated
- Latin: sēparābilis — able to be separated
- Portuguese: separável — able to be separated
- Russian: отделимый (otdelimyj) — able to be separated
- Spanish: separable — able to be separated
- Swedish: avtagbar — able to be separated
- Swedish: delbar — able to be separated
- Swedish: separabel — able to be separated
- Asturian: xebrable — (differential equations)
- Catalan: separable — (differential equations)
- Finnish: separoituva — (differential equations)
- French: séparable — (differential equations)
- Galician: separable — (differential equations)
- German: separierbar — (differential equations)
- German: trennbar — (differential equations)
- Italian: separabile — (differential equations)
- Polish: rozłączny — (differential equations)
- Portuguese: separável — (differential equations)
- Spanish: separable — (differential equations)