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The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.
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The state of being parted.
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A farewell, the act of departing politely.
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(British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.
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(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
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(chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
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(geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
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(nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
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(mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.