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fissure
[ fish-er ]
noun
- a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
- Anatomy. a natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain.
verb (used with object)
- to make fissures in; cleave; split.
verb (used without object)
- to open in fissures; become split.
fissure
/ ˈfɪʃə /
noun
- any long narrow cleft or crack, esp in a rock
- a weakness or flaw indicating impending disruption or discord
fissures in a decaying empire
- anatomy a narrow split or groove that divides an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver into lobes See also sulcus
- a small unnatural crack in the skin or mucous membrane, as between the toes or at the anus
- a minute crack in the surface of a tooth, caused by imperfect joining of enamel during development
verb
- to crack or split apart
fissure
/ fĭsh′ər /
- A long, narrow crack or opening in the face of a rock. Fissures are often filled with minerals of a different type from those in the surrounding rock.
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Other Words From
- fissu·ral adjective
- fissure·less adjective
- sub·fissure noun
- super·fissure noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fissure1
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Example Sentences
But both sides of this American fissure create a life lived less than fully.
In fact, the communion conundrum highlights the first visible fissure in the church of Francis.
Over the next eight years, the rupture would fissure across every state and territory in the Union.
Once opened, this fissure between internal and external splits Hemon apart, giving him, effectively, double lives.
The tryst causes a professional fissure between Jung and his psychiatrist mentor, Sigmund Freud, played by Viggo Mortensen.
This prevents the lowest ring from settling while those above remain in position, which would cause an ugly fissure.
In the description of “The House of Usher,” position emphasizes the barely perceptible fissure.
The older group commenced with a series of fissure eruptions along the site of the present rift-valley and parallel with it.
In the time-eaten wall Clara had found a fissure through which she could watch the parley between Thurstane and the Apaches.
A little further along the wall was a fissure which was lower and broader than the one she had just quitted.
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