scission
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English
Etymology
Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere.
Pronunciation
Noun
scission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)
- The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage.
- 2012, Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Loose-leaf Version for Molecular Cell Biology, page 455:
- 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.
Translations
the act of division
French
Etymology
Via Old French, from Late Latin scissiōnem, from Latin scindere.
Pronunciation
Noun
scission f (plural scissions)
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Further reading
- “scission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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