Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Designed or employed to separate.
- adjective (Chem.) a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
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- verb Present participle of
separate . - noun An instance of
separating .
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Examples
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Although the margin separating Democrat McAdams from Murkowski and Miller is narrower on the Club For Growth survey, the margin between Murkowski and Miller is closer on the Rasmussen poll.
New Polls Confirm A 'Three-Way Toss-Up' in Alaska The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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The more common experience involved a cramped space with only a flimsy curtain separating two or more patients.
The prescription is privacy; Washington area's hospitals converting to private rooms Derek Kravitz 2010
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Although he quickly succeeded in separating the isotope of nitrogen, 15N, the initial test reactions of protons resulted not in high energy gamma rays.
Walther Bothe and the Physics Institute: the Early Years of Nuclear Physics 2010
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Although the margin separating Democrat McAdams from Murkowski and Miller is narrower on the Club For Growth survey, the margin between Murkowski and Miller is closer on the Rasmussen poll.
New Polls Confirm A 'Three-Way Toss-Up' in Alaska The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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But McGrew is less worried about being outside the top 12 than the margin separating the 88 from Chase territory.
Earnhardt Jr. wrecks in practice, calls Darlington 'a difficult track' 2010
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Nilsen: I'm interested in separating the sections visually, and also just making them a little more visually interesting.
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Because PET measures metabolism, it can be superior to other modalities, particularly in separating tumor from benign lesions and in differentiating malignant from non-malignant masses such as scar tissue formed from radiation therapy treatment.
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The emergence of senior center Brian Zoubek during the final seven weeks of the season was probably the biggest factor in separating the Blue Devils from other contenders.
Duke - Team Notes 2010
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February 26th, 2010 at 12: 24 pm olegt, disbanding the IPCC is a first step in separating science from politics.
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The issue isn't cultural it's ... economic (ignoring any possible difficulties in separating the cultural from the economic.)
Yanquico, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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