scission

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪ.ʒən/
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/ˈsɪ.ʒən/ · /ˈsɪ.ʃən/

Definition of scission

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
    “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.”

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Etymology

Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.

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