separable: Meaning and Definition of

sep•a•ra•ble

Pronunciation: (sep'ur-u-bul, sep'ru-), [key]
— adj.
  1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
    1. containing a countable dense subset.
    2. (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. Cf.separation of variables.
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