— separability, separableness , n. — separably , adv.
/sep"euhr euh beuhl, sep"reuh-/ , adj.
1. capable of being separated, parted, or dissociated.
2. Math.
a. containing a countable dense subset.
b. (of a differential equation) capable of being written so that coefficients of the differentials of the independent and dependent variables are, respectively, functions of these variables alone. Cf. separation of variables .
[ 1350-1400; ME ( separabilis, equiv. to separa ( re ) to SEPARATE + -bilis -BLE ]