splittings

Noun

splitting (countable and uncountable, plural splittings)

1. An instance where something splits.
2. A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
   • In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin, published 2008, page 308
3. The cleavage of a covalent bond.

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