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| splitting | |
| 1. n. An instance where something splits. |  |
| 2. n. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self. | |
| 3. n. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond. | |
| 4. adj. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped. | |
| 5. adj. Very rapid. | |
| They moved at a splitting pace. | |
| 6. adj. Severe. | |
| I have a splitting headache. | |
| split | |
| 1. adj. Divided. | |
| Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan. | |
| 2. adj. (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others. | |
| 3. adj. (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso. | |
| 4. adj. (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price. | |
| 5. adj. (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths. | |
| 10\frac316 is a split quotation. | |
| 6. adj. (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary. | |
| 7. n. A crack or longitudinal fissure. | |
| 8. n. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. | |
| 9. n. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. | |
| 10. n. (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. | |
| 11. n. (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to | |
| 12. n. (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball. | |
| He’s got a nasty split. | |
| 13. n. (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down. | |
| 14. n. A split shot or split stroke. | |
| 15. n. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split. | |
| 16. n. A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth. | |
| 17. n. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi. | |
| 18. n. (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race. | |
| In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32 | |
| 19. n. (video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun. | |
| 20. n. (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses. | |
| 21. n. (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. | |
| 22. n. (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. | |
| He has split his lip. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive) Of something solid particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line. | |
| 25. v. To share; to divide. | |
| We split the money among three people. | |
| 26. v. (slang) To leave. | |
| Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party. | |
| 27. v. To separate or break up. | |
| Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce. | |
| 28. v. (algebra, transitive, and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors. | |
| 29. v. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. | |
| 30. v. To burst out laughing. | |
| 31. v. (slang) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. | |
| 32. v. (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game. | |
| Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap. | |
