Editing Separator (section)

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'''Separator''' can refer to:
* A mechanical device to separate fluids and solids, like
** [[Cream separator]], separates cream from milk
** [[Demister (vapor)]], removal of liquid droplets entrained in a vapor stream
** [[Separator (oil production)]], of an oil production plant
** [[Vapor–liquid separator]], separates a vapor–liquid mixture
** a machine used to produce [[mechanically separated meat]]
* The historic Swedish company name AB Separator, common ancestor of [[Alfa Laval]] and [[DeLaval]]
* [[Air classifier]], a mechanical device to separate components of air
* [[Community separator]], a term of urban planning
* [[Separator (electricity)]], a porous or ion-conducting barrier used to separate anode and cathode in electrochemical systems, also known as diaphragm
* [[Planar separator theorem]], a theorem in graph theory
** [[Vertex separator]], a notion in graph theory
* [[Geometric separator]], a line that separates a set of geometric shapes to two subsets
* A synonym for "[[Generator (category theory)|generator]]" in category theory
* A mathematical sign used to separate the integer part from the fractional part of a number. For example, the [[decimal point]] and the [[binary point]]
* A synonym for "[[delimiter]]" in computer parlance
* [[Orthodontic spacer]], also known as orthodontic separators
* Four of the [[C0 and C1 control codes]] used in digital character encoding
* A song by [[Radiohead]], off the 2011 album [[The King of Limbs]]
* In computing, a [[Printer separator]] to flag the start and end of jobs on a printer