Definitions for fissure
ˈfɪʃ ərfis·sure

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chapnoun

   a long narrow depression in a surface

2. crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissurenoun

   a long narrow opening

3. fissureverb

   (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes

4. fissureverb

   break into fissures or fine cracks

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fissurenoun

   a crack or opening, as in a rock

2. fissureverb

   To split forming fissures.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fissurenoun

   A cleft; a narrow chasm where a breach has been made.

   Etymology: fissura, Latin; fissure, French.

   The stone and other terrestrial matter was distinguished into strata or layers, as it is in England: those strata were divided by parallel fissures, that were inclosed in the stone. John Woodward, Natural History.

   I see
   The gaping fissures to receive the rain. James Thomson, Autumn.

2. To Fissureverb

   To cleave; to make a fissure.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   By a fall or blow the skull may be fissured or fractured. Wise.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fissure

   A fissure is a long, narrow crack opening along the surface of Earth. The term is derived from the Latin word fissura, which means 'cleft' or 'crack'. Fissures emerge in Earth's crust, on ice sheets and glaciers, and on volcanoes.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fissure

   A fissure is a long, narrow opening or crack, usually significant in length or depth, resulting from a split, cleavage, or parting in a surface or structure. This term is often used in geology to refer to a crack in the earth's crust, or in medicine to describe a tear in a body tissue such as skin or mucous membrane.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Fissurenoun

   a narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock

2. Fissureverb

   to cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture

3. Etymology: [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fissure

   fish′ūr, n. a narrow opening or chasm: a cleft, slit, or furrow: any groove or sulcus, esp. one of the furrows on the surface of the brain, as the longitudinal fissure separating the hemispheres.—adj. Fiss′ūred, cleft, divided. [Fr.,—L. fissūra, from findĕre, fissum, to cleave.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fissure

   A narrow chasm where a small breach has been made, as in a fort, citadel, etc.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fissure

   a crevice: a narrow longitudinal opening: a slit.

Matched Categories

1. • Crack

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Anagrams for fissure »

1. fussier

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How to say fissure in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fissure in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fissure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of fissure in a Sentence

1. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory:

   It's optimistic to think that this is the last fissure we're going to see.

2. Hiker Karen Blasing:

   It was clear no one should be on that rock with the huge fissure, we stayed back, but many others were unconcerned and dangerously taking chances.

3. Tina Neal:

   The situation down there remains dynamic and as we've been saying for days now the outbreaks can continue to occur both uprift and downrift of the existing fissure system, or the existing fissures could be reactivated.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fissure
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fissure
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fissure
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fissure
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fissure
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fissure
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=fissure
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=fissure