(linguistics) A prefix that can be detached from the verb it attaches to in several instances.

A separator that employs cyclonic separation

plural of cyclone separator

(law, historical) A married woman's property over which her husband has no right of control.

plural of separable polynomial

(algebra, field theory) A polynomial over a given field that has distinct roots in the algebraic closure of said field (the number of roots being equal to the degree of the polynomial).

(Ontario) A publicly-funded school that falls under the constitutional definition, historically implemented only for Roman Catholics, but has been provided for Protestants since the secularization of the public school system during the 1980s.

plural of separating disc

An emery wheel for cutting a space between teeth.

(textual criticism) An error indicating that one manuscript has not been copied from another.