The action of detaching; separation.
A permanent unit organized for special duties.
Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
The unit so dispatched.
Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
A farewell, the act of departing politely.
The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.