Separation may refer to:
Films
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''Separation'' (1967 film), a British feature film written by and starring Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond
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La Séparation'', 1994 French film
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A Separation'', 2011 Iranian film
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''Separation'' (2013 film), a 2013 American thriller film starring Sarah Manninen
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''Separation'' (upcoming film), an upcoming American horror film
Literature
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''The Separation'' (Priest novel), a 2002 novel by Christopher Priest
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''The Separation'' (Applegate ovel), a 1999 novel in the ''Animorphs'' series by K.A. Applegate
* ''Separation'', a 1976 Canadian political novel by
Richard Rohmer
Music
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''Separation'' (album), by American alternative rock band
Balance and Composure (2011)
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''Separation'' (EP), a 2006 EP by Halou
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Separates'', album by 999
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''Separations'' (album), a 1992 album by British alternative rock band Pulp
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Separation (band), a Swedish straight edge hardcore punk band
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Separation mastering, in music recording
Law and politics
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Marital separation, when a married couple ceases living together without a divorce
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Legal separation, a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce
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Nonconformity to the world (separation from the world), a belief among some Protestant religious groups that the members of a church should be separate from "the world"
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separatism), advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
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Separation of church and state, the idea that religion and government functions should be separate
Mathematics and science
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Separation (behavior), the behavior of flocking animals to stand off from their neighbours
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Separation (statistics), a problem encountered in fitting models for categorical outcomes
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Flow separation, separation of a fluid boundary layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid
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Intertemporal portfolio choice#Time-independent decisions, where in some contexts portfolio choices for many periods can be made separately
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Separated sets, related concept in topology, two sets disjoint from the other's closure
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Separation axiom, concepts in the area of mathematics called topology
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Separation of concerns, in computer science (and problem-solving in general)
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Separation of variables, in mathematics to solve certain (separable) differential equations
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Separation principle, in control theory
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Separation process, in chemistry
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Separation theorem (disambiguation): several different theorems related to separation, in different scientific disciplines, for example:
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Mutual fund separation theorem, allowing a portfolio optimization problem to be separated into smaller problems
Other uses
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Separation (aeronautics), rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight
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Separation (United States military), the process by which a service member leaves active duty
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Racial separation, the separation of different racial groups in daily life
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Six degrees of separation, the idea that everyone is on average approximately six steps away, by way of introduction, from any other person on earth
See also
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Divide (disambiguation)
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Fragmentation (disambiguation)
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Part (disambiguation)
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Segregation (disambiguation)
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Separate (disambiguation)
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Split (disambiguation)
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