cleavage
IPA: kɫˈivʌdʒ
noun
- The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
- The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
- (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.
- (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
- (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
- (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
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Examples of "cleavage" in Sentences
- It's apparently all in the cleavage.
- Cleavage of the substrate was monitored by measuring.
- Determinate is the form of cleavage in most protostomes.
- Cleavage of the precursor generates alpha and beta subunits.
- Bond cleavage or scission is the splitting of chemical bonds.
- Bond cleavage, or scission, is the splitting of chemical bonds.
- Finally, survivin localizes to the midbody at the cleavage furrow.
- These seams are conformable with the slaty cleavage or schistosity.
- The products were analyzed as described for the cleavage reactions.
- In embryology, cleavage is the division of cells in the early embryo.
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