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splitting
[ split-ing ]
/ ˈsplɪt ɪŋ /
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Definition of splitting
adjective
noun
Usually splittings. a part or fragment that has been split off from something: Some cavemen made their smaller tools from the splittings of stone.
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OTHER WORDS FROM splitting
an·ti·split·ting, adjectiveWords nearby splitting
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British Dictionary definitions for splitting
splitting
/ (ˈsplɪtɪŋ) /
adjective
(of a headache) intolerably painful; acute
(of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain
noun
psychoanal the Freudian defence mechanism in which an object or idea (or, alternatively, the ego) is separated into two or more parts in order to remove its threatening meaning
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Medical definitions for splitting
splitting
[ splĭt′ĭng ]
n.
The chemical change in which a covalent bond in a molecule is cleaved, producing two or more simpler fragments.
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