Separation

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Separation may refer to:

• Separation (United States military), the process by which a service member leaves active duty
• Separation (Air Traffic Control), rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight
• Separation (1967 film), a British feature film written by and starring Jane Arden and directed by Jack Bond
• Separation mastering, in music recording

In science:

• Flow separation, separation of a fluid boundary layer from the surface of a solid body moving relative to the fluid
• Separation of concerns, in computer science (and problem-solving in general)
• Separation process, in chemistry
• Separation axiom, concepts in the area of mathematics called topology
• Separated sets, related concept in topology, two sets disjoint from the other's closure

In law:

• Legal separation, a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce

In politics:

• Separation of church and state, the idea that religion and government functions should be separate
• Political separation - Separatism, those seeking to "separate" their group or territory from a larger entity

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