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CLEAVAGES
Noun
cleavages
plural of cleavage
Anagrams
• esclavage
Source: Wiktionary
CLEAVAGE
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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