单词 | separation |
释义 | separation /sep'euh ray"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated. 2. a place, line, or point of parting. 3. a gap, hole, rent, or the like. 4. something that separates or divides. 5. Law. a. cessation of conjugal cohabitation, as by mutual consent. b. See judicial separation. 6. Aerospace. the time or act of releasing a burned-out stage of a rocket or missile from the remainder. 7. Photog. See separation negative. [1375-1425; late ME < L separation- (s. of separatio), equiv. to separat(us) SEPARATE + -ion- -ION] |
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