Separating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Separating \Sep"a*ra`ting\, a.
     Designed or employed to separate.
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     {Separating funnel} (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped,
        provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of


        immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Separate \Sep"a*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Separated}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Separating}.] [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to
     separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare.
     See {Parade}, and cf. {Sever}.]
     1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part
        in any manner.
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              From the fine gold I separate the alloy. --Dryden.
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              Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. --Gen. xiii.
                                                    9.
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              Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
                                                    --Rom. viii.
                                                    35.
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     2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space
        between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea
        separates Europe and Africa.
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     3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a
        special use or service.
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              Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto
              I have called thaem.                  --Acts xiii.
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     {Separated flowers} (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and
        pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. --Gray.
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