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fissuring

fissuring is the present participle and gerund of fissure.

Meaning of fissure

Verb

fissure (third-person singular simple present fissures, present participle fissuring, simple past and past participle fissured)

  1. To split, forming fissures.

See all 5 meanings of fissure

Noun

fissuring (plural fissurings)

  1. The formation of a fissure.
    • The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust[…]1847, The American Journal of Science and Arts, page 91

Forms of fissuring

pluralfissurings

Questions about fissuring

What does fissuring mean?
Fissuring means the formation of a fissure.
What is fissuring the present participle and gerund of?
Fissuring is the present participle and gerund of fissure.
What part of speech is fissuring?
Fissuring is a noun.
What is the plural of fissuring?
The plural of fissuring is fissurings.

Words near fissuring in the dictionary

  1. fissurellids
  2. fissurelloid
  3. fissurelloids
  4. fissures
  5. fissuriform
  6. fissuring
  7. fissurings
  8. fissurization
  9. fissurizations
  10. fissurotomies
  11. fissurotomy

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