D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Separating

/sĕp'-ẽr-ātˌ-ĭng/ · Sep·a·ra·ting · IPA /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪŋ/
01 a. Designed or employed to separate.
  1. 1.
    Designed or employed to separate.
Phrases & compounds
Separating funnel — a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.