The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated. / The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.

An object located between two or more things and hence separating them. / A device for removing one substance from another, such as cream from milk.

present participle and gerund of separate

An instance of separating.

(zipper) Capable of being opened and having its two sided completely detached from one another rather than just being opened for most of its length.

Able to be separated. / (differential equations) 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.

The property of being separable.

Such that it can be separated.

plural of separating

Serving to separate. / (rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.