adjective
- capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
- Mathematics.
- containing a countable dense subset.
- (of a differential equation) capable of being written so that coefficients of the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone.Compare separation of variables.
adjective
- able to be separated, divided, or parted
adj.late 14c., from Latin separabilis, from separare (see separate (v.)). Related: Separability.