In geology, the tendency of a rock, especially slate, to split along parallel or sub-parallel planes that result from realignment of component minerals during deformation or metamorphism.
1. The line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts).
2. The breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules.
3. (Embryology) The repeated division of a fertilised ovum; SYN. segmentation. + prikaži više

ETYM French division, Latin divisio, from dividere. Related to Divide.
1. Separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart; SYN. partition, partitioning, segmentation, subdivision, sectionalization.
2. The act or process of dividing or splitting.
3. (Biology) A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category.
4. (Botany) Taxonomic unit of plants corresponding to a phylum.
5. An administrative unit in government or business.
6. An arithmetic operation that is the inverse of multiplication; the quotient of two numbers is computed.
7. Discord that splits a group; SYN. variance.
8. An army unit large enough to sustain combat.
9. A group of ships of similar type.
10. A unit of the US air force usually comprising two or more wings. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin fissio. Related to Fissure.
1. A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy; SYN. nuclear fission.
2. Reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts.
3. The splitting of the nucleus of an element into fragments. Heavy elements such as uranium or plutonium release energy when fissioned.
Physics, splitting, especially of atomic nuclei, accompanied by release of immense energies. In physics, the splitting of a heavy atomic nucleus into two or more major fragments. It is accompanied by the emission of two or three neutrons and the release of large amounts of nuclear energy.
Fission occurs spontaneously in nuclei of uranium-235, the main fuel used in nuclear reactors. However, the process can also be induced by bombarding nuclei with neutrons because a nucleus that has absorbed a neutron becomes unstable and soon splits. The neutrons released spontaneously by the fission of uranium nuclei may therefore be used in turn to induce further fissions, setting up a chain reaction that must be controlled if it is not to result in a nuclear explosion. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. scisme, Old Fren. cisme, scisme, French schisme, Latin schisma, Greek schisma, from schizein to split; akin to Latin scindere, Skr. chid, and prob. to Eng. shed, v.t (which see); cf. Rescind, Schedule, Zest.
Division of a group into opposing factions; SYN. split.
Division, especially of church, into two parties.
Formal split over a doctrinal difference between religious believers, as in the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church; over the doctrine of papal infallibility, as with the Old Catholics in 1879; and over the use of the Latin Tridentine Mass 1988. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin scissio, from scindere, scissum, to cut, to split: cf. French scission.
The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
Cutting; division; splitting.

1. A lengthwise crack in some substance, such as wood
2. A promised or claimed share of loot or money
3. An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; SYN. stock split, split up.
4. (Tenpin bowling) A divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
5. Extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back).
6. A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts.
7. A bottle containing half the usual amount. + prikaži više