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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>SEPARATI</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="separatebutequal"> separate but equal,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) of or having to do with a policy of racial segregation between Negroes and whites, as in education, employment, or transportation, while providing ostensibly equal facilities for all. Ex. In the South, the "separate but equal" doctrine, which was struck down by the 1954 Supreme Court ruling, had led to the establishment of dual school systems (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="separately"> separately, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a separate manner; one by one; one at a time. </DL> <A NAME="separateschool"> separate school,<DL COMPACT><DD> in Canada: <DD> 1. a Roman Catholic parochial school. <DD> 2. any school that is not part of the public-school system. </DL> <A NAME="separation"> separation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of separating; dividing; taking apart. Ex. Three groups of unit operations exist, concerned respectively with size reduction, mixing, and physical separation of materials (J. F. Pearson). <DD> 2. the condition of being separated. Ex. The friends were glad to meet after so long a separation. The apparent separation of two stars depends not only on the distance between them, but also on their distance from us (W. H. Marshall). <DD> 3. a line or point of separating; place where two or more objects separate. Ex. We have come upstream to the separation of the two branches of the river. <DD> 4. the living apart of husband and wife by agreement or by order of a court. <DD> 5. (U.S.) discharge, as from an office, service, or school; dismissal. </DL> <A NAME="separationcenter"> separation center,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a military base where men in the armed forces are released from service. </DL> <A NAME="separationist"> separationist, noun, adjective. =separatist.</DL> <A NAME="separationnegative"> separation negative,<DL COMPACT><DD> a negative made in color printing for each separate color by photographing the original copy through a filter to eliminate all colors from the negative except the color desired. </DL> <A NAME="separationpay"> separation pay, =severance pay.</DL> <A NAME="separatism"> separatism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principle or policy of separation; opposition to ecclesiastical, political, or ethnic union. </DL> <A NAME="separatist"> separatist, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a member of a group that separates or withdraws from a larger group. <DD> 2. a person who favors separation from a church or state. <DD>adj. of or characteristic of separatists or separatism. Ex. The report accuses [him] of aiding the separatist tendency of the services (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="separatist"> Separatist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the Puritans who broke from the Church of England during the reign of James I. </DL> <A NAME="separatistic"> separatistic, adjective. =separatist.</DL> <A NAME="separative"> separative, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> tending to separate; causing separation. </DL> <A NAME="separator"> separator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that separates, especially a machine for separating, as the cream from milk, or wheat from chaff or dirt. Ex. The pieces that sift through are then dumped into a separator--a large vat shaped like an inverted cone (New Yorker). <DD> 2. any one of various devices used for dressing ore. </DL> <A NAME="separatory"> separatory, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that separates; separative. </DL> <A NAME="separatum"> separatum, noun, pl. -ta.<DL COMPACT><DD> a copy of an article read at a meeting, or printed in the journal, of a learned society or the like; separate. </DL> <A NAME="sephardi"> Sephardi, adjective. =Sephardic.</DL> <A NAME="sephardic"> Sephardic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or descended from the Sephardim. Ex. the daughter of a rich Sephardic family--educated by private tutors, a friend of Emerson (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="sephardim"> Sephardim, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> Spanish-Portuguese Jews and their descendants, as contrasted with the Ashkenazim and their descendants. Ex. They have encountered in the less traveled quarters of Greater New York ... the Hasidim and Sephardim (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="sepia"> sepia, noun, pl. -pias, -piae, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a dark-brown paint or ink prepared from the inky secretion of cuttlefish. <DD> 2. a dark brown. <DD> 3. a drawing, photograph, lithograph, or the like, in tones of brown. <DD> 4. any one of a group of cuttlefish having an internal shell. <DD>adj. 1. dark-brown. <DD> 2. done in sepia. Ex. a sepia print. </DL> <A NAME="sepiolite"> sepiolite, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> native hydrous silicate of magnesium; meerschaum. </DL> <A NAME="sepoy"> sepoy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (formerly) a native of India serving as a soldier in one of the European military forces of colonial India, especially in the British army, or, earlier, as a member of the army of the British East India Company in the 1700's to the 1850's. </DL> <A NAME="seppuku"> seppuku, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Japanese.) hara-kiri. </DL> <A NAME="sepsine"> sepsine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of certain poisonous ptomaines formed as by decaying yeast or blood. </DL> <A NAME="sepsis"> sepsis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. a poisoning of the system by disease-producing bacteria and their toxins absorbed into the bloodstream, as from festering wounds; blood poisoning. <DD> b. the condition of being infected with such bacteria as streptococci or staphylococci. <DD> 2. =putrefaction. </DL> <A NAME="sept"> sept, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a clan, especially of descendants of a common ancestor. <DD> 2. an ancient Irish clan. </DL> <A NAME="sept"> sept-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) seven. Ex. Septangular = having seven angles. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, septem-, septi- before consonants. </DL> </DL> <A NAME="sept"> Sept (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> September. </DL> <A NAME="sept"> Sept.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. September. <DD> 2. Septuagint. </DL> <A NAME="septa"> septa, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> plural of septum. </DL> <A NAME="septage"> septage, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the waste content of a septic tank. Ex. septage disposal. </DL> <A NAME="septal"> septal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a septum. Ex. a septal filament. </DL> <A NAME="septangular"> septangular, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having seven angles. </DL> <A NAME="septarian"> septarian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with a septarium. <DD> 2. containing a septarium. </DL> <A NAME="septarium"> septarium, noun, pl. -ia.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a rounded lump of minerals occurring in layers, as in sand or clay. A septarium is usually of calcium carbonate or carbonate of iron, having a network of cracks filled with calcite and other minerals. </DL> <A NAME="septate"> septate, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> divided by a septum or septa. Ex. ... all other filamentous fungi are more or less completely septate (that is, the cells are separated from each other by cross walls) ... (Fred W. Emerson). </DL> <A NAME="septated"> septated, adjective. =septate.</DL> <A NAME="septation"> septation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> septate condition. </DL> <A NAME="septavalent"> septavalent, adjective. =septivalent.</DL> <A NAME="septectomy"> septectomy, noun, pl. -mies.<DL COMPACT><DD> surgical removal of part of the nasal septum. </DL> <A NAME="septem"> septem-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) a form of sept-, as in septemvirate. </DL> <A NAME="september"> September, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the ninth month of the year. It has 30 days. (Abbr:) Sept. </DL> <A NAME="septembrism"> Septembrism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the principles and actions of the Septembrists. </DL> <A NAME="septembrist"> Septembrist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in French history) a person who instigated or took part in the massacre of the royalists and political prisoners in Paris, September 2-6, 1792. </DL> <A NAME="septemia"> septemia, noun. =septicemia.</DL> <A NAME="septempartite"> septempartite, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) divided nearly to the base into seven parts. </DL> <A NAME="septemvir"> septemvir, noun, pl. -viri, -virs.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of seven men who hold some office or authority. </DL> <A NAME="septemvirate"> septemvirate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the office of a septemvir. <DD> 2. government by septemviri. <DD> 3. a group of seven men in office or authority. <DD> 4. any group of seven. </DL> <A NAME="septenarius"> septenarius, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line of seven feet or seven accented syllables, especially in Latin poetry. </DL> <A NAME="septenary"> septenary, adjective, noun, pl. -naries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or having to do with the number seven. <DD> 2. forming a group of seven. <DD> 3. =septennial. <DD>noun 1. the number seven. <DD> 2. a group or set of seven things. <DD> 3. a period of seven years. <DD> 4. (Prosody.) =septenarius. </DL> <A NAME="septendecillion"> septendecillion, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (in the U.S., Canada, and France) 1 followed by 54 zeros. <DD> 2. (in Great Britain and Germany) 1 followed by 102 zeros. </DL> <A NAME="septennate"> septennate, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a period of seven years. </DL> <A NAME="septennial"> septennial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. lasting seven years. <DD> 2. occurring every seven years. adv. septennially. </DL> <A NAME="septennium"> septennium, noun, pl. -tenniums, -tennia.<DL COMPACT><DD> a period of seven years. </DL> <A NAME="septentrion"> septentrion, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun (Archaic.) 1. the north. Ex. Thou art as opposite to every good ... as the south to the septentrion (Shakespeare). <DD> 2. a northerner. <DD>adj. =septentrional. </DL> <A HREF="septet.dic">NEXT</A>