plural of separation of powers

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.

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

(linguistics) An affix that can be detached from the word it attaches to in several instances.

a piece of laboratory glassware in which the components of a mixture are partitioned between two immiscible liquids

(linguistics) A verb that is composed of a stem and a separable affix, which can be detached from the stem in several verb forms.

(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

(security) The requirement that two or more people must be involved in order to complete a high-risk task.

(algebra, field theory) A polynomial over a given field that has distinct roots in the algebraic closure of said field (the number of roots being equal to the degree of the polynomial).