Separator
noun
1.
a person or thing that separates.
2.
any of various apparatus for separating one thing from another, as cream from milk, steam from water, or wheat from chaff.
3.
Electricity. a device that prevents metal contact between plates of opposite charge in a storage battery.
4.
Machinery. retainer1 (def 3).
noun
1.
a person or thing that separates
2.
a device for separating things into constituent parts, as milk into cream, etc
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noun, plural separatrices [sep-uh-rey-tri-seez, -er-uh-trahy-seez] /ˌsɛp əˈreɪ trɪˌsiz, -ər əˈtraɪ siz/ (Show IPA), separatrixes. 1. something that divides or separates, as the line between light and dark areas on a partially illuminated surface. 2. virgule. 3. Mathematics. one of several symbols for separating components of a number, as a decimal point or comma. noun (pl) […]
- Sepd.
sepd. separated
- Seph.
1. Sephardic.