"scission" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪ.ʒən/, /ˈsɪ.ʃən/ Forms: scissions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʒən, -ɪʃən Etymology: Via Middle English and Old French, from Late Latin scissio, scissionem, from Latin scindere. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|LL.|scissio|scissio, scissionem}} Late Latin scissio, scissionem, {{der|en|la|scindere}} Latin scindere Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} scission (countable and uncountable, plural scissions)
  1. The act of division, separation, cutting, cleaving, or severing; cleavage. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of division): рязане (rjazane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), разрязване (razrjazvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Spaltung [feminine] (German), taglio [masculine] (Italian), spacco [masculine] (Italian), escisión [masculine] (Spanish)

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