Dictionary entry
Separability
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Definition
separable /'sepǝrǝbl/ adj ~ (from sth) ခြဲျခားႏိုင္ေသာ။ ခြဲျခား ၍ရေသာ။ The moral question is not entirely separable from the financial one. Compare INSEPARABLE separability /seprǝ' bÇlǝti/ n [U]
Examples
- ‘I argue that Christianity and conservatism are indeed thoroughly separable.’
- ‘Property rights are not separable from an action.’
- ‘However
- in practice
- the roles of Commissioners on the one hand and of the services on the other are not as separable or as distinguishable as these provisions of the Code imply.’
- ‘Technical limits relate to the extent to which services are separable from the core activities of the firm in question.’
- ‘The parts are of course separable and debatable.’
- ‘In fact
- social status throughout Polynesia had two quite distinct and separable aspects to it.’
- ‘But this doesn't look like the world of presidential elections
- where there are many separable policy dimensions: economic liberty
- personal liberty
- foreign policy
- and so on.’
- ‘These two areas of contention were distinct from each other
- but not really separable.’
- ‘But there is another factor and that's why I think it's quite important to be able to look at Maori mental health as a distinctive problem that is separable from socio-economic disadvantage.’
- ‘The production of academic knowledge in American universities was never separable from the overall social
- political
- and economic requirements of the American state.’
- ‘Or do they perhaps have agendas that are as complex
- diverse and separable from their sexuality as women
- gun owners or Christians
- for that matter?’
- ‘Legality and enforcement are to some substantial degree separable - here more than in the criminal law
- I would suggest.’
- ‘This approach may work well enough on domestic issues where the goodies - tax credits
- Social Security checks
- new schools
- lower insurance premiums - are concrete and separable.’
- ‘The institutions and mechanisms of governance of African states are often no longer separable from the international mechanisms of governance with which they are engaged.’
- ‘With older forms of communication
- generic information
- such as addresses on envelopes or telephone numbers
- is separable from content
- such as letters and telephone conversations.’
- ‘But in reality they are not separable from other aspects of the mind.’
- ‘If attitudes and behavior are not clearly separable
- they do not satisfy the criterion of independence between causes and effects that is a fundamental
- assumption of scientific explanation.’
- ‘He has come out of his own story; and this is perhaps the best definition that can be offered of a great literary character: that he becomes a separable being.’
- ‘We are fond of separating style and content but they aren't separable: they come from the same place.’
- ‘My views on her actual politics should be easily separable from my views on her worth as an engaged citizen
- just as my feelings about the righteousness of her current gaol term should be separable from my views about her political fate.’