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1. (n.) cleavage
the act of cleaving or splitting.
2. cleavage
the state of being cleft.
3. cleavage
the area between a woman's breasts, esp. when revealed by a low-cut neckline.
4. cleavage
the tendency of crystals, certain minerals, rocks, etc., to break in preferred directions yielding smooth surfaces
5. cleavage
the breaking down of a molecule or compound into simpler structures.
6. cleavage
the series of cell divisions in mitosis that converts the fertilized egg into blastomeres.
Etymology: (1810–20)
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| Definition of 'cleavage' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) cleavage
the state of being split or cleft
"there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"
2. (noun) cleavage
the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
3. (noun) cleavage, segmentation
(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
4. (noun) cleavage
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
5. (noun) cleavage
the act of cleaving or splitting
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| Definition of 'cleavage' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) cleavage
the act of cleaving or splitting
2. (noun) cleavage
the quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting
3. (noun) cleavage
division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure
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Sense: the act of splitting; a split.
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 Afrikaans: kloof, skeiding |
 Arabic: فَلْق، انْشِقاق |
 Bulgarian: цепене |
 Brazilian: divisão |
 Czech: štípání; prasklina |
 German: die Spaltung |
 Danish: kløvning; spaltning |
 Greek: σκίσιμο, χώρισμα |
 Spanish: división |
 Estonian: lõhenemine, lõhe |
 Farsi: شکاف |
 Finnish: jakautuminen |
 French: clivage |
 Hebrew: הִתפַּצלוּת |
 Hindi: दरार |
 Croatian: cijepanje, kalanje |
 Hungarian: hasítás |
 Indonesian: belahan |
 Icelandic: klofningur |
 Italian: divisione |
 Japanese: 裂け目 |
 Korean: 쪼갬 |
 Lithuanian: skilimas |
 Latvian: šķelšana; šķelšanās |
 Malay: membelah |
 Dutch: scheuring |
 Norwegian: kløyving, spalting, split |
 Polish: rozcięcie |
 Persian: شکاف |
 Pashto: چاوده، درز |
 Portuguese: divisão |
 Romanian: despicare; scindare |
 Russian: раскалывание |
 Slovak: prasklina, puklina |
 Slovenian: (raz)cepitev |
 Serbian: rascepljivanje |
 Swedish: klyvning |
 Thai: การแยกออก |
 Turkish: yar(ıl)ma, böl(ün)me |
 Taiwanese: 劈開 |
 Ukrainian: розщеплення; розкол |
 Urdu: تقسیم کرنے کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự bổ ra |
 Chinese: 劈开 |
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