An emery wheel for cutting a space between teeth.

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

Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment has ended.

A sum of money paid regularly to support the dependents of a member of the military while he or she is serving away from home. / Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment has ended.

(law) A legal arrangement in which a married couple live in separate homes while remaining legally married.

An informal arrangement in which a married couple lives in separate homes while remaining legally married.

(algebra) A finite (and thereby algebraic) extension of a base field such that every element of the extension is the root of a separable polynomial over the base field.

(calculus) a constant that may be introduced upon separation of variables

plural of legal separation

A psychological condition in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment.