Money paid as compensation to someone whose employment has ended.

plural of legal separation

(physics) The conversion of a single-phase system into a multiphase system; especially the separation of a solution into two immiscible liquids.

(chemistry, physics) any of several processes for separating the components of mixtures by using thin barriers between two miscible fluids; any transmembrane force leads to preferential transport of one or more feed components

A theoretical model for governance, common in democratic states, which features the division of sovereign power into at least three (but sometimes up to six) organs of state in order to forestall tyranny, by preventing the acquisition of a monopoly of power by a monarch or oligarchy; also, such an arrangement.

plural of separation of powers

plural of separation energy

(physics) The energy needed to remove a nucleon or other particle from a nucleus

A psychological condition in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment.

plural of separation anxiety disorder