Separable (Adjective)
Meaning
Capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The two problems are separable and can be solved independently of each other.
- The partners decided that their jointly owned business was not separable and argued over the assets.
- The court determined that the conjoined twins were separable and could be safely surgically separated.
- The researchers believed that the two phenomena were separable and could be studied independently.
- The lawyers argued that the contract clauses were separable and that one invalid clause did not make the entire contract void.