Separation may refer to:

Films 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), an American thriller film starring Sarah Manninen Separation (2021 film), an American horror film

Literature A Separation (novel), a 2017 novel by Katie Kitamura Separation, a 1976 Canadian political novel by Richard Rohmer The Separation (Applegate novel), a 1999 novel in the Animorphs series by K.A. Applegate The Separation (Bury Novel), an 1830 novel by Lady Charlotte Bury The Separation (Priest novel), a 2002 novel by Christopher Priest

Music Separation, a 2011 album by Balance and Composure Separation (EP), a 2006 EP by Halou 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" Cow-calf separation, practice of separating calves and mothers in the dairy industry

See also

Divide (disambiguation) Fragmentation (disambiguation) Part (disambiguation) Segregation (disambiguation) Separate (disambiguation) Split (disambiguation)