Scission
/ˈsɪ.ʒən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage. countable, uncountable
"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."
- 2 the act of dividing by cutting or splitting wordnet
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.