divided, not joined; different
disconnected
Cases of word usage
1) ordered as separate items from the menu (a la carte)
2) a particular or separate thing (article)
3) (of a legislative assembly) having two separate groups of members e.g. the Senate and the House of Representatives in USA (bicameral)
4) (to cause something hard and rigid) to separate into many pieces because of a fall, hit etc (break)
5) a separate movable seat with a back, for one person (chair)
6) one of several separate divisions of a structure e.g. of a railway carriage or coach (compartment)
7) a line or division where something is broken but not into separate parts (crack)
8) a small division of a larger room walled or curtained to make a separate compartment e.g. for (un)dressing in a swimming-pool (cubicle)
9) the Greek letter D; land in this shape at the place where some rivers meet the sea and separate to make two or more branches (delta)
10) to separate or be separated (divide)