Crossword clues for scission
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scission \Scis"sion\, n. [L. scissio, fr. scindere, scissum, to
cut, to split: cf. F. scission.]
The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
--Wiseman.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of cutting or dividing," mid-15c., from French scission (14c.), from Late Latin scissionem (nominative scissio) "a cleaving, dividing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin scindere "to cut" (see shed (v.)).
Wiktionary
n. 1 the act of division, separation, cutting or sever 2 cleavage
WordNet
n. the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
Wikipedia
'''Scission ''' may refer to:
- Scission, AKA bond cleavage, AKA the splitting of chemical bonds
- Scission and Other Stories, a 1985 collection of short stories
Usage examples of "scission".
This shows that duality--or any other such numerical form--is no relation produced either by scission or association.
Herr Professor Luitpold Blumenduft tendered medical evidence to the effect that the instantaneous fracture of the cervical vertebrae and consequent scission of the spinal cord would, according to the best approved tradition of medical science, be calculated to inevitably produce in the human subject a violent ganglionic stimulus of the nerve centres of the genital apparatus, thereby causing the elastic pores of the corpora cavernosa to rapidly dilate in such a way as to instantaneously facilitate the flow of blood to that part of the human anatomy known as the penis or male organ resulting in the phenomenon which has been denominated by the faculty a morbid upwards and outwards philoprogenitive erection in articulo mortis per diminutionem capitis.
Mais dans le cas, Monsieur, ou les chefs des Patriotes auroient a craindre une scission, ils auroient le temps suffisant pour ramener ceux de leurs amis que les Anglomanes ont egares, et preparer les choses de maniere que la question de nouveau mise en deliberation soit decide selon leurs desirs.