Separator

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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
• 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 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 of delimiter in computer parlance
• Orthodontic spacer, also known as orthodontic separators
• Four of the C0 and C1 control codes used in digital character encoding

See also:

• Separation
• Separation theorem

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