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CLEAVAGE
cleavage
(noun) the act of cleaving or splitting
cleavage
(noun) the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman’s breasts)
cleavage, segmentation
(noun) (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
cleavage
(noun) the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
cleavage
(noun) the state of being split or cleft; “there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cleavage (countable and uncountable, plural cleavages)
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]
(by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]
(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes. [from 19th c.]
(politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
Synonyms
• (separation between breasts): intermammary sulcus
Source: Wiktionary
Cleav"age, n.
1. The act of cleaving or splitting.
2. (Crystallog.)
Definition: 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. (Geol.)
Definition: Division into laminæ, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes.
– Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See Segmentation.
– Cubuc cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.
– Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane.
– Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation.
– Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.
– Octahedral, Dodecahedral, or Rhombohedral, cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron.
– Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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