scission
/ˈsɪ.ʒən/
scission noun: the act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
Noun
scission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)
- 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.2012, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Loose-leaf Version for Molecular Cell Biology, page 455
scission meaning in Tamil
scission in Tamil
- கத்தரி, கத்தரிக்கோல்
Forms of scission
| plural | scissions |
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Origin of scission
Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.
Words that rhyme with scission
- division
- vision
- circumcision
- concision
- decision
- collision
- excision
- Frisian
- incision
- misprision
- precision
- revision
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Questions about scission
- What does scission mean?
- Scission means the act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
- What is scission in Tamil?
- Scission in Tamil is கத்தரி, கத்தரிக்கோல். See Scission meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is scission?
- Scission is a noun.
- How do you pronounce scission?
- Scission is pronounced /ˈsɪ.ʒən/.
- What is the plural of scission?
- The plural of scission is scissions.
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