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separational en · ADJ

Etymology

From separation + -al.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to separation.
    • Where chemical reactions produce mixtures of geometrical isomers instead of pure compounds, various separational methods are available. 1977, C. F. Bell, chapter 3, in Principles and Applications of Metal Chelation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 54:
    • The love of the infant for the mother is so strong and so enduring that the very survival of the species is dependent on multiple separational factors or forces. Many mothers sever the strings with apparent ambivalence, and this feat is not commenced with ease. 1971, Harry F. Harlow, James L. McGaugh, Richard F. Thompson, chapter 3, in Psychology, San Francisco: Albion, page 52:
    • […] by ‘separational Lines,’ [I mean] Lines which have no common point, however far produced. 1885, Charles L. Dodgson, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, 2nd edition, London: Macmillan, page 22:

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