This paper introduces a
new class of torsion free abelian groups, the class of quasi-separable groups,
which is the quasi-isomorphism analog of the class of separable groups and
which properly contains the latter. Our purpose is two-fold: first, to further
explore the phenomena of quasi-isomorphism, which has proved fruitful in the
study of torsion free groups, and second, to shed further light on separable
groups.