separature

noun

Etymology

From separate + -ure.

  1. derived from *per- — “produce, procure, bring forward, bring forth
  2. derived from sēparātus
  3. inherited from separaten
  4. suffixed as separature — “separate + ure

Definitions

  1. The process of separation.

    • The heating of the milk makes it less viscous, hence skimming at a high temperature will give closer separature than when skimmed at a low [...] If a machine is receiving more than the proper quantity, the separation is not complete.
    • [...] (fracture strength of interface between inclusion and matrix), interfacial separature takes place to form voids. According to the law on the release of elastic energy equal to the increase in surface energy during fracture[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for separature. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA