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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ABSCISSION

From Latin abscissiōn-, from ab-1 + scissiō a cleaving.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ABSCISSION

abscission  [æbˈsɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ABSCISSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Abscission is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ABSCISSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

abscission

Abscission

Abscission is a term used in several areas of biology to mean shedding of various parts of an organism. In plant sciences, it most commonly refers to the process by which a plant drops one or more of its parts, such as a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed. In zoology, the term may be used to describe the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a claw husk, or the autotomy of a tail to evade a predator. In mycology, it may refer to the liberation of a fungal spore. In cell biology, abscission refers to the separation of two daughter cells at the completion of cytokinesis.

Definition of abscission in the English dictionary

The definition of abscission in the dictionary is the separation of leaves, branches, flowers, and bark from plants by the formation of an abscission layer. Other definition of abscission is the act of cutting off.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ABSCISSION


circumcision
ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən
concision
kənˈsɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
discission
dɪsˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
excision
ɛkˈsɪʒən
imprecision
ˌɪmprɪˈsɪʒən
incision
ɪnˈsɪʒən
indecision
ˌɪndɪˈsɪʒən
nondecision
ˌnɒndɪˈsɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
precisian
prɪˈsɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
recision
rɪˈsɪʒən
rescission
rɪˈsɪʒən
subdecision
ˌsʌbdɪˈsɪʒən
subincision
ˌsʌbɪnˈsɪʒən
television
ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən
ultraprecision
ˌʌltrəprɪˈsɪʒən
uncircumcision
ˌʌnsɜːkəmˈsɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ABSCISSION

abscess
abscessed
abscind
abscise
abscisin
absciss
abscissa
abscissae
abscisse
abscissin
abscission layer
abscond
abscondence
absconder
absconding
abseil
abseiling
absence
absence of mind
absent

WORDS THAT END LIKE ABSCISSION

admission
commission
compression
conversion
depression
discussion
emission
expression
impression
mission
obsession
passion
permission
possession
pression
profession
progression
session
submission
suppression
transmission

Synonyms and antonyms of abscission in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «abscission» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ABSCISSION

Find out the translation of abscission to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of abscission from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «abscission» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

脱落
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abscisión
570 millions of speakers

English

abscission
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अलगाव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انفصال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

опадение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abscission
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তিতাবস্থা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abscission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Abscission
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abtrennen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

器官脱離
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이탈
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Abscission
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phép cắt đi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெட்டிநீக்கல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फरक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesilme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

escissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

abscission
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

опадання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extirpare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποκοπή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afsnyding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

abskission
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

abscission
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of abscission

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSCISSION»

The term «abscission» is regularly used and occupies the 85.735 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ABSCISSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «abscission» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «abscission» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about abscission

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ABSCISSION»

Discover the use of abscission in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to abscission and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microarray Analysis of Rice Grain Abscission Regulated by Sh4
Abscission is the programmed organ separation from the main body of the mother plant.
Ailing Zhou, 2007
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Transcriptional Profiling of Laser-microdissected Stamen ...
Techniques optimized for replums were used to profile laser-captured stamen AZs.
Suqin Cai, 2007
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Progress in Plant Growth Regulation: Proceedings of the 14th ...
B.C. WIEN, A.D. TURNER, and C.J. HO Department of Fruit and Vegetable Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Introduction The abscission of reproductive structures of peppers under conditions of environmental stress such as ...
Cees M. Karssen, Leendert C. Loon, Dick Vreugdenhil, 1992
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Abscission of Flowers and Fruits in the Solanaceae - With ...
A THESIS SUBEUTTED IN PARTIAL SATISFACTION OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BY JOHN NORMAN KENDALL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN BOTANY Vol . 5.
John Norman Kendall, 2008
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Tropical Trees as Living Systems
16 Abscission strategies in the behavior of tropical trees FREDRICK T. ADDICOTT Department of Botany, University of California, Davis, California Abscission is the process whereby plants shed various structures. Any discrete structure can be ...
P. B. Tomlinson, Martin Zimmerman, 2010
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Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene: ...
DIFFERENT ENDO-P-1,4-GLUCANASES ARE EXPRESSED DURING ABSCISSION AND FRUIT RIPENING IN PEPPER AND PEACH PLANTS L. TRAINOTTI, L. FERRARESE, G. CASADORO Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitd di Padova ...
A.K. Kanellis, 1997
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The Growing Tree
leaf abscission.2 Most leaves do not simply fall off. They break off through a special abscission zone at the base of the leafstalk. The abscission zone is not present in the summer. In the autumn, as the growth- regulator production by the leaf ...
Brayton Fuller Wilson, 1984
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Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis
In Azolla filiculoides plants, inhibitors of respiration were shown to cause rapid shedding of roots (Uheda and Kitoh, 1994) and abscission of branches (Uheda et al., 1995b). The events in the process of rapid abscission are similar in the ...
A.N. Rai, B. Bergman, Ulla Rasmussen, 2002
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Causes of square and boll shedding in cotton
an important factor controlling new growth and abscission of squares, bolls, and leaves (Jones et al. 1974; G. C. Bate, personal communication). Cases in which excess N increases abscission of squares and bolls and decreases yields usually ...
Gene Guinn, United States. Agricultural Research Service, 1982
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Handbook of Plant and Crop Physiology
Abscission is involved in the loss of leaves, fruit, flowers, and floral pans. It is an active metabolic process resulting in the weakening of anything from 1 to 20 rows of cells in genetically determined abscission zones. Cell wall breakdown is an ...
Mohammad Pessarakli, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ABSCISSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term abscission is used in the context of the following news items.
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Tree change
At the leaf base there is a layer of cells called the abscission layer that forms a seal between leaf and tree, through which water and nutrients ... «The West Australian, Jun 15»
2
How to manage young Honeycrisp
NAA inhibits separation at the abscission zone for seven days, he said. But NAA also stimulates ethylene production and hastens ripening. «Good Fruit Grower, Jun 15»
3
Steve Earle, Castle and more San Diego concerts
PLAN A: Slutvomit, Ascended Dead, Crurifragium, Abscission @ The Hideout. Yep, Slutvomit. I want to let that name speak for itself, but I'll be a ... «San Diego CityBEAT, Jun 15»
4
Why won't my peonies bloom?
Fruit has an abscission layer (waxy layer between the stem and the fruit) that allows it to drop, but flowers don't typically have this feature, ... «Kankakee Daily Journal, Jun 15»
5
Look, but don't touch: Our Isaac Newton trees are bearing fruit
Abscission,” answered Martha Case. She was speaking of the process that caused the tree to sacrifice the young apple, not the force that ... «William and Mary News, May 15»
6
miRVine: a microRNA expression atlas of grapevine based on small …
In grapevine, ethylene production peaks at anthesis before berry fruit set (phenological stage EL 23 – EL 26), inducing fruitlet abscission [76]. «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Researchers Find New Function for Protein in Cytokinesis
Scientists found that the protein localized in the midbody and contributed to abscission, the separation of two daughter cells at the completion of ... «The Bottom Line, May 15»
8
Early spring means longer summers? Not so fast, says study
The biggest indicator of autumn's arrival is the senescence and abscission of plants. Senescence is the cause of the reds and oranges that ... «The Weather Network, May 15»
9
Nature Watch: American beech trees are finally dropping their leaves
This is because the separation, or abscission, layer between the twigs and the leaf stems doesn't fully form. Our native American beech tree ... «lehighvalleylive.com, May 15»
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Shedding Light On The Dark Zone Of Cell Division
The scientists found that not only did the protein localize in the midbody, it also contributed to abscission, the separation of two daughter cells at ... «Science 2.0, Apr 15»

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