scission
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.
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Noun[edit]
scission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)
- The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
- 2012, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Loose-leaf Version for Molecular Cell Biology, page 455:
- The resulting delamination of the two lipid monolayers causes a “lens” to form, the further growth of which creates a spherical droplet that is then released by scission at the neck.
Translations[edit]
the act of division
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Via Old French, from Late Latin scissiōnem, from Latin scindere.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scission f (plural scissions)
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Further reading[edit]
- “scission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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