"splitter" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈsplɪtɚ/ [General-American], [ˈsplɪɾɚ] [General-American] Forms: splitters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) Etymology: 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
  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
  5. (baseball) A split-finger fastball. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-0YA7OqWv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 14 1 6 32 12 3 17 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 13 2 8 25 14 4 20 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 13 2 9 26 13 4 16 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 2 13 3 7 27 11 6 17 13 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  6. (graphical user interface) A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows. Categories (topical): Graphical user interface, People
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-41v826NE Disambiguation of People: 0 0 11 10 10 42 13 13 1 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
  9. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
    Sense id: en-splitter-en-noun-nLMLIkTc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (GUI): sash Derived forms: beam splitter, hair-splitter, middle splitter, splitter bus, thumb splitter, Y-splitter
Disambiguation of 'GUI': 2 9 2 6 28 24 3 13 12

Inflected forms

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