What does scissure mean?

Definitions for scissure
scis·sure

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissurenoun

    a long narrow opening

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Scissurenoun

    A crack; a rent; a fissure.

    Etymology: scissum, Latin

    The breach seems like the scissures and ruptures of an earthquake, and threatens to swallow all that attempt to close it, and reserves its cure only for omnipotence. Decay of Piety.

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  1. scissure

    A scissure is a split, divide, or cleft in some sort of material or structure, possibly formed with a sharp instrument or naturally occurring. It is often used in geological or medical context to refer to divisions in rock or organ structures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scissurenoun

    a longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure

  2. Etymology: [L. scissura, from scindere, scissum, to cut, split.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scissure in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scissure in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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