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cleavage
English
Etymology
cleave +? -age
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kli?v?d?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?kliv?d?/
- Hyphenation: cleav?age
Noun
cleavage (countable and uncountable, plural cleavages)
- The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]
- The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]
- (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
- (biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]
- (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
- (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes. [from 19th c.]
- (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
Synonyms
- (separation between breasts): intermammary sulcus
Derived terms
- cleavage furrow
- cleavaged
Related terms
- cleave
- cleft
Translations
See also
- décolletage
- spathic
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indentation
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
indentation (countable and uncountable, plural indentations)
- The act of indenting or state of being indented.
- A notch or recess, in the margin or border of anything
- A recess or sharp depression in any surface.
- (typography) The act of beginning a line or series of lines at a little distance within the flush line of the column or page, as in the common way of beginning the first line of a paragraph.
- A measure of the distance from the flush line
- (law) A division unit of a piece of law distinguished by its indentation or by a dash
- ?Synonym: indent
Antonyms
- protrusion
Derived terms
- macroindentation
- microindentation
- nanoindentation
Translations
French
Etymology
Latin indent?ti?, from indent? (“indent”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.d??.ta.sj??/
Noun
indentation f (plural indentations)
- indentation
Further reading
- “indentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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