separation

«separation» in Mova's judaism dictionary: moving things apart or keeping them apart — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (separation, separations)

meaning for a pupil

1) Separation is moving things apart or keeping them apart. tree →

2) Separation is the space or distance between things. tree →

3) Separation is a time when people are apart, especially when parents stop living together. tree →

4) In science, separation is splitting a mixture into its parts, by filtering, sieving or evaporating. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A dividing line or wall. In Ezekiel's vision the wall separates what is holy from what is ordinary. Interpretation: The tradition values separating holy from common, as in Havdalah and priestly law, and reads Ezekiel's Temple wall as guarding this holiness. In the primary lessons: In science lessons separation of mixtures: sand and water by filtering, salt from water by evaporation, iron filings with a magnet. In family life, a parents' separation. Phrases: separation of mixtures, separation anxiety, legal separation.

examples

• He measured it by the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common. (Prophets EZK.42.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• Filtering is a method of separation. tree →
• We used a magnet for separation of iron and sand. tree →
• After their separation, my parents live in two houses. tree →
• Puppies can get upset by separation from their mum. tree →
• Keep a separation of two metres. tree →
• The separation of salt from water needs heat. tree →
• Separation anxiety made the toddler cry when Mum left. tree →
• Sieving is used for the separation of rice and flour. tree →
• Thus passed the first miles; and then the Raven bade her farewell, and this was the most painful separation of all. tree →

note

Spelling trap: sep-a-ration (a, not e: "there's a rat in separate"). Verb: separate. Separation of parents is not divorce, though it can come before it.

In the corpora

• Draining pasta is a separation: the holes of the colander are big enough for water but too small for the pasta.
• "Involuntary separation" (official US) means being fired.
• Divorce or separation means parents stop being a couple; they are still both the child's parents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «separation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.