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Meaning of 'cleavage' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Cleavage [ n.]
- The act of cleaving or splitting.
- The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.
- Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

Meaning of 'cleavage' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . cleavage [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the state of being split or cleft
Example in sentence:
  • there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members

Nearby Words:

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