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Fissure

//ˈfɪʃ.ə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.

    "After Miller's Dale Junction, the main Derby-Manchester line crosses the Wye for the last time and turns north-west up Great Rocks Dale, a natural fissure several miles long."

  2. 2
    (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes wordnet
  3. 3
    A groove, deep furrow, elongated cleft or tear between body parts or in the substance of an organ.
  4. 4
    a long narrow cleft wordnet
  5. 5
    A break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane.
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  1. 6
    a long narrow depression in a surface wordnet
  2. 7
    A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
Verb
  1. 1
    To split, forming fissures.
  2. 2
    break into fissures or fine cracks wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).

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