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separate
     1. adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
           This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
     2. adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
           I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
     3. v. To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
           Separate the articles from the headings.
     4. v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
     5. v. To cause (things or people) to be separate.
           If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
     6. v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
           The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
     7. v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
     8. n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
distinct
     1. adj. Capable of being perceived very clearly.
           Her voice was distinct despite the heavy traffic.
     2. adj. Different from one another (with the preferable adposition being "from").
           Horses are distinct from zebras.
     3. adj. Noticeably different from others; distinctive.
           Olga's voice is quite distinct because of her accent.
     4. adj. Separate in place; not conjunct or united; with from.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.
     6. adj. (obsolete) Marked; variegated.
individual
     1. n. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
           He is an unusual individual.
     2. n. (legal) A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
     3. n. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
     4. n. (statistics) An element belonging to a population.
     5. adj. Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one.
           As we can't print them all together, the individual pages will have to be printed one by one.
     6. adj. Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person.
           individual personal pension; individual cream cakes
     7. adj. Not divisible without losing its identity.
non
     1. adv. obsolete form of none
continuous
     1. adj. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
           a continuous current of electricity
     2. adj. Without intervening space; continued
           a continuous line of railroad
     3. adj. (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
     4. adj. (analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
     5. adj. (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
           Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
     6. adj. (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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