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What does separation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
  2. The place at which a division occurs.
  3. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
  4. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
  5. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
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After vigorous agitation and phase separation the organic solution was removed and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure.
They announced the fact of their separation in the newspapers and became known as Ithna Ashari Khojas.
Captain Baker said morale among the called-up squaddies remained high despite the painful separation from loved ones.
Is it committed to a clear separation between editorial and advertorial content?
A more literal reading relates us directly to the pattern of the cosmos, with its insistence on the separation of categories.
At the time of separation the wife had not worked outside the home for 17 years.

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