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Definition of Scission
1. Noun. The act of dividing by cutting or splitting.
Definition of Scission
1. n. The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.
Definition of Scission
1. Noun. the act of division, separation, cutting or severing ¹
2. Noun. cleavage ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scission
1. the act of cutting or splitting [n -S]
Medical Definition of Scission
1. 1. A separation, division, or splitting, as in fission. Synonym: cleavage. Origin: L. Scissio, fr. Scindo, pp. Scissus, to cleave (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scission
Literary usage of Scission
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Greece by George Grote (1854)
"scission Now the scission thus produced between the su- perior minds and the
multitude, in consequence of the development of science and the scientific ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1883)
"scission of the Lower World into two conflicting nations, Greeks and Trojans.
III. Internal scission in both Greeks and Trojans; each side has two opposing ..."
3. The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1898)
"... Peaceable Propaganda—What Drove them into Open War with the Government—Formation
of a Terrorist Group and Congress of Lipetsk—scission of the Party into ..."
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