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abscission

US/æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/

abscission noun: the act or process of cutting off.

Noun

abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions)

  1. The act or process of cutting off.
    • Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off.
  3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
  4. The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

abscission meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Indonesian

abscission in Tamil

வெட்டிநீக்கல், உதிர்தல், வலியப் பிரிதல், வளர்ப்பியின் அளவு குறைவதால், இலை, பூ

abscission in Malayalam

act of cutting off
അബ്സിഷൻ absiṣaṉ

abscission in Kannada

ಕೊಯ್ತೆಗೆತ, ಕತ್ತರಿಕೆ, ಕಡಿತೆಗೆತ, ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ ಹಾಕುವುದು, ಛೆದನೆ, ಅಪಛೇದನ

abscission in Indonesian

natural separation of a part of a plant
absisi

Forms of abscission

pluralabscissions

Origin of abscission

From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“to cut, to tear”).

Words formed from abscission

Phrases with abscission

Questions about abscission

What does abscission mean?
Abscission means the act or process of cutting off.
What is abscission in Tamil?
Abscission in Tamil is வெட்டிநீக்கல், உதிர்தல், வலியப் பிரிதல். See Abscission meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abscission?
Abscission is a noun.
How do you pronounce abscission?
Abscission is pronounced /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/ (US).
What is the plural of abscission?
The plural of abscission is abscissions.

Words near abscission in the dictionary

  1. abscisses
  2. abscissin
  3. abscissing
  4. abscissins
  5. abscissio infiniti
  6. abscission
  7. abscission layer
  8. abscission layers
  9. abscission zone
  10. abscission zones
  11. abscissional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abscission (page history and authors); abscission (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abscission (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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