SEVERABLE

dissociable, separable, severable

(adjective) capable of being divided or dissociated; “often drugs and crime are not dissociable”; “the siamese twins were not considered separable”; “a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

severable (comparative more severable, superlative most severable)

Capable of being severed.

(legal, economics) Capable of being separated.

Anagrams

• serveable

Source: Wiktionary


Sev"er*a*ble, a.

Definition: Capable of being severed. Encyc. Dict.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 April 2024

SUBDUCTION

(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate


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