"abscission" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/ [US], /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-abscission.wav Forms: abscissions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|abscissiō}} Latin abscissiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions)
  1. The act or process of cutting off. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of cutting off): abscisió [feminine] (Catalan), afsnijden [neuter] (Dutch), εκτομή (ektomí) [feminine] (Greek), അബ്സിഷൻ (absiṣaṉ) (Malayalam), abscisão [feminine] (Portuguese), absciziune [feminine] (Romanian), abscisión [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-abscission-en-noun-qaZrIs~K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 36 18 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 42 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 42 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 36 38 6 Disambiguation of 'act of cutting off': 52 39 5 3
  2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-abscission-en-noun-dBDmiIjC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 36 18 9 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 26 44 21 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 57 12 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 42 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 42 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 41 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 46 22 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 44 21 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 22 41 32 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 25 47 23 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 36 38 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 41 31 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 28 46 21 6
  3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (abrupt stop of speech): afbreken [neuter] (Dutch), abscisão [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abscission-en-noun-1EU5iRgM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 36 18 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 42 15 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 42 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 36 38 6 Disambiguation of 'abrupt stop of speech': 10 15 60 14
  4. (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany Translations (natural separation of a part of a plant): abscisió [feminine] (Catalan), abscissie [feminine] (Dutch), שַׁלֶּכֶת (shaléchet) [feminine] (Hebrew), abscisão [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-abscission-en-noun-8A8Q5CUU Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'natural separation of a part of a plant': 0 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abscissional, abscission layer, abscission zone Related terms: abscise, abscisic, abscisic acid, abscisin, abscissin

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "abrupt stop of speech",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abscisão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "natural separation of a part of a plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abscisió"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "natural separation of a part of a plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abscissie"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shaléchet",
      "sense": "natural separation of a part of a plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "שַׁלֶּכֶת"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "natural separation of a part of a plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abscisão"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "abscission"
  ],
  "word": "abscission"
}

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