Scission

//ˈsɪ.ʒən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    the act of dividing by cutting or splitting wordnet

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abscissionamputationbutcheringchoppingcleavagecutting

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"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.

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