"splitter" meaning in English

See splitter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsplɪtɚ/ [General-American], [ˈsplɪɾɚ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-splitter.wav Forms: splitters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: From split + -er. Etymology templates: {{af|en|split|-er|id2=agent noun}} split + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} splitter (plural splitters)
  1. A person or a thing that splits.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-UlV0L-V2
  2. A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-GJWN3J8v
  3. A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-sOaHYVyI Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 33 28 0 0 0 37 3 0
  4. (colloquial) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups. Tags: colloquial Hyponyms: species-monger
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-QyTmdYC2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 33 28 0 0 0 37 3 0
  5. (baseball) A split-finger fastball. Synonyms (GUI): sash
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-0YA7OqWv Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 13 2 5 33 9 2 16 13 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 3 14 4 6 24 9 6 16 13 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 10 2 4 51 5 2 12 10 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 17 1 8 1 3 15 3 1 9 7 3 5 2 0 0 1 18 5 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 1 9 1 3 19 3 1 10 9 3 6 1 0 0 1 14 7 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 14 2 5 33 10 2 15 13 4 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'GUI': 2 8 1 4 39 18 2 11 10 4
  6. (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-41v826NE Categories (other): Graphical user interface Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  7. (US) A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun--is~nSAx Categories (other): American English
  8. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-46Op5o9M Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 33 28 0 0 0 37 3 0
  9. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter. Translations (A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.): adaptador divisor [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-nLMLIkTc Disambiguation of 'A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.': 1 3 1 1 5 3 0 3 81 1
  10. (geometry) A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle. Coordinate_terms: cleaver
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-WoDxhNJU Categories (other): Geometry Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beam splitter, hair-splitter, log splitter, middle splitter, splitter bus, thumb splitter, Y-splitter

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "thumb splitter"
    },
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