separature

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English

Etymology

From separate +‎ -ure.

Noun

separature

  1. (rare) The process of separation.
    • 1902, Iowa. Department of Agriculture, Iowa Year Book of Agriculture, page 540:
      The heating of the milk makes it less viscous, hence skimming at a high temperature will give closer separature than when skimmed at a low [...] If a machine is receiving more than the proper quantity, the separation is not complete.
    • 2013 October 22, M. Jono, T. Inoue, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials - VI: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, Kyoto, Japan, 29 July - 2 August 1991, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 44:
      [...] (fracture strength of interface between inclusion and matrix), interfacial separature takes place to form voids. According to the law on the release of elastic energy equal to the increase in surface energy during fracture []

Latin

Participle

sēparātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sēparātūrus