scission

[ sizh-uhn, sish- ]

/ ˈsɪʒ ən, ˈsɪʃ- /

noun

a cutting, dividing, or splitting; division; separation.

Chemistry. cleavage (def. 7).

Origin of scission

1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Late Latin scissiōn- (stem of scissiō) a cutting, equivalent to sciss(us) (past participle of scindere to cut) + -iōn--ion

Words nearby scission

scirrhous, scirrhous carcinoma, scirrhus, scissel, scissile, scission, scissor, scissorlike, scissors, scissors chair, scissors jack

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Example sentences from the Web for scission

But who can say what would be the evils of a scission, and when and where they would end?
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson
In Fiji, the process of scission was found in every stage of evolution.
The Fijians|Basil Thomson
It manifestly carries the Trojan scission into Olympus and drives out in disgrace the Trojan deities.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
Scission is seen to take place equally in the world of ideas; but the result, instead of being a new life, is a new abstraction.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont

The greater event 275 was the scission between East and West.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scission

scission

/ (ˈsɪʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of cutting, splitting, or dividing

Word Origin for scission

C15: from Late Latin scissiō, from scindere to split

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Medical definitions for scission

scission

[ sĭzh′ən, sĭsh′- ]

n.

A separation, division, or splitting, as in fission.

cleavage

单词	scission
释义	scission [ sizh-uhn, sish- ] / ˈsɪʒ ən, ˈsɪʃ- / noun a cutting, dividing, or splitting; division; separation. Chemistry. cleavage (def. 7). Origin of scission 1400–50; late Middle English (<Middle French ) <Late Latin scissiōn- (stem of scissiō) a cutting, equivalent to sciss(us) (past participle of scindere to cut) + -iōn--ion Words nearby scission scirrhous, scirrhous carcinoma, scirrhus, scissel, scissile, scission, scissor, scissorlike, scissors, scissors chair, scissors jack Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for scission But who can say what would be the evils of a scission, and when and where they would end? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson\|Thomas Jefferson In Fiji, the process of scission was found in every stage of evolution. The Fijians\|Basil Thomson It manifestly carries the Trojan scission into Olympus and drives out in disgrace the Trojan deities. Homer's Odyssey\|Denton J. Snider Scission is seen to take place equally in the world of ideas; but the result, instead of being a new life, is a new abstraction. Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas\|Remy de Gourmont The greater event 275 was the scission between East and West. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3\|Various British Dictionary definitions for scission scission / (ˈsɪʃən) / noun the act or an instance of cutting, splitting, or dividing Word Origin for scission C15: from Late Latin scissiō, from scindere to split Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for scission scission [ sĭzh′ən, sĭsh′- ] n. A separation, division, or splitting, as in fission. cleavage The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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