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'''Separation''' may refer to:

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==Films==
* [[Separation (1967 film)|''Separation'' (1967 film)]], a British feature film written by and starring Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond
* ''[[La Séparation]]'',  1994 French film
* ''[[A Separation]]'', 2011 Iranian film
* [[Separation (2013 film)|''Separation'' (2013 film)]], an American thriller film starring Sarah Manninen
* [[Separation (2021 film)|''Separation'' (2021 film)]], an American horror film

==Literature==
* [[The Separation (Bury novel)|''The Separation'' (Bury Novel)]], an 1830 novel by Lady Charlotte Bury
* [[The Separation (Priest novel)|''The Separation'' (Priest novel)]], a 2002 novel by Christopher Priest
* [[The Separation (Applegate novel)|''The Separation'' (Applegate novel)]], a 1999 novel in the ''Animorphs'' series by K.A. Applegate
* ''Separation'', a 1976 Canadian political novel by [[Richard Rohmer]]

==Music==
* ''Separation'', a 2011 album by [[Balance and Composure]]
* [[Separation (EP)|''Separation'' (EP)]], a 2006 EP by Halou
* [[Separations (album)|''Separations'' (album)]], a 1992 album by British alternative rock band Pulp
* [[Separation mastering]], in music recording

==Law and politics==
* [[Marital separation]], when a married couple ceases living together without a divorce
** [[Legal separation]], a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce
* [[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"
* Political separation ([[separatism]]), advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
* [[Separation of church and state]], the idea that religion and government functions should be separate

==Mathematics and science==
* [[Separation (behavior)]], the behavior of flocking animals to stand off from their neighbours
* [[Separation (statistics)]], a problem encountered in fitting models for categorical outcomes
* [[Flow separation]], separation of a fluid boundary layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid
* [[Intertemporal portfolio choice#Time-independent decisions]], where in some contexts portfolio choices for many periods can be made separately
* [[Separated sets]], related concept in topology, two sets disjoint from the other's closure
* [[Separation axiom]], concepts in the area of mathematics called topology
* [[Separation of concerns]], in computer science (and problem-solving in general)
* [[Separation of variables]], in mathematics to solve certain (separable) differential equations
* [[Separation principle]], in control theory
* [[Separation process]], in chemistry
* [[Separation theorem (disambiguation)]]: several different theorems related to separation, in different scientific disciplines, for example:
** [[Mutual fund separation theorem]], allowing a portfolio optimization problem to be separated into smaller problems
* [[Point-pair separation]], in an order two pairs of points may or may not separate each other

==Other uses==
* [[Separation (aeronautics)]], rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight
* [[Separation (United States military)]], the process by which a service member leaves active duty
* [[Separation anxiety disorder]], an anxiety disorder in which an individual experiences excessive anxiety regarding separation from home and/or from people to whom the individual has a strong emotional attachment
* [[Racial separation]], the separation of different racial groups in daily life
* [[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
* [[Curdling]] of an emulsion in cookery is called "separation"

==See also==
* {{look from|separat}}
* {{in title|separat}}
* [[Divide (disambiguation)]]
* [[Fragmentation (disambiguation)]]
* [[Part (disambiguation)]]
* [[Segregation (disambiguation)]]
* [[Separate (disambiguation)]]
* [[Split (disambiguation)]]

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