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Meaning of "scission" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCISSION

From Late Latin scissiō, from scindere to split.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCISSION

scission  [ˈsɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCISSION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scission 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 SCISSION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scission in the English dictionary

The definition of scission in the dictionary is the act or an instance of cutting, splitting, or dividing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCISSION


PlayStation
ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
prescission
prɪˈsɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
recognition
ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
registration
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
tradition
trəˈdɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCISSION

scirrhous
scirrhous carcinoma
scirrhus
scirrhusses
scissel
scissil
scissile
scissiparity
scissor
scissor bill
scissor jump
scissor-like
scissorer
scissors
scissors jump
scissors kick
scissors-and-paste job
scissortail
scissorwise
scissure

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCISSION

admission
commission
compassion
compression
confession
conversion
depression
discussion
emission
expression
impression
mission
obsession
passion
percussion
possession
pression
profession
progression
session
suppression

Synonyms and antonyms of scission in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scission» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCISSION

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

Translator English - Chinese

断裂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escisión
570 millions of speakers

English

scission
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बँटवारा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انفصال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

расщепление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cisão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scission
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scission
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemecatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spaltung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

切断
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분열
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scission
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự cắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிளப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्किशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kesme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scissione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozerwanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розщеплення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sciziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κατάτμηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

splitsing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avklippning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scission
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scission

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCISSION»

The term «scission» is regularly used and occupies the 82.794 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCISSION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scission» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scission» 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 scission

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCISSION»

Discover the use of scission in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scission and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scission
‘Tim Winton is the real thing: a writer who can photograph a thought and pluck out the beat of a soul on a washing line’ Scotland on Sunday In this, Tim Winton’s first collection of short stories, the world he paints is often harsh ...
Tim Winton, 2011
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Crosslinking and Scission in Polymers
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Advanced Methods of Determination of Crosslinking and Scission in Polymers and Their Effects on Mechanical Properties, Kemer-Antalya, Turkey, September 4-16, 1988
O. Güven, 1990
3
Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials, Second Edition
Degradation Pathway Degradation Pathway Reduction in Peak Polymer of Virgin Polymer Change in Presence of Clay HRR (%) PA6 Intra-aminolysis/acidolysis, Inter-aminolysis/acidolysis, 50–70 random scission random scission PS, HIPS ...
Charles A. Wilkie, Alexander B. Morgan, 2009
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Fluid Catalytic Cracking: Science and Technology: Science ...
Hydride transfer can also occur between the adsorbed carbenium ion and a feed molecule, which leads to cracking of the feed molecule via beta-scission of the resulting carbenium ion. This chain type mechanism was proposed to be slower ...
J.S. Magee, M.M. Mitchell, 1993
5
Food Taints and Off-Flavours
The alkoxy radical undergoes p-scission of C-C bond, with formation of an aldehyde and alkyl or vinyl radical. A general reaction pathway for the homolytic cleavage of monohydroperoxides is illustrated in Figure 6.10. 3-Scission of an allylic ...
M.J. Saxby, 1995
6
Reactive Modifiers for Polymers
1.2.3 Fate of nuicroradicals: chain scission, branching and cross-linking and/or grafting A macroradical, once formed upon hydrogen abstraction by a primary free radical, can experience several reaction types such as chain scission, cross-  ...
S. Al-Malaika, 1997
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The Nuclear Fission Process
ternary fission might also be closely connected with the nonadiabaticity of the transition from saddle to scission, as proposed by Halpern.45 More recently there have also been several dynamic treatments of ternary fission, e.g., by Carjan et ...
Cyriel Wagemans, 1991
8
Scission and Other Stories
'An intense and exhilarating experience' Sun Herald In these spare, piercing stories, people struggle with change and disintegration.
Tim Winton, 2010
9
Fire Properties of Polymer Composite Materials
The main mechanisms that reduce molecular weight are random chain scission, chain-end scission ('unzipping') and chain stripping (removal of side groups). Two other thermally induced processes, cross-linking and condensation, have the ...
A. G. Gibson, 2007
10
Artificial Nucleases
activation is so efficient that the scission is prompt even with intrinsically poor catalysts such as Zn(II) or Mn(II) ions. 4.2 Site-Selective RNA Scission by Lanthanide Ions As described above, the target nucleotide in RNA is kept free from Watson- ...
Marina A. Zenkova, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCISSION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scission is used in the context of the following news items.
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Qualcomm licencie et envisage une scission de ses activités
Le fabricant américain de semi-conducteurs Qualcomm, dont les résultats financiers se dégradent, a annoncé, mercredi 22 juillet, une restructuration qui se ... «Le Monde, Jul 15»
2
La scission d'HP effective le 1er novembre
Business : Meg Whitman, la P-dg d'HP, vient de confirmer la date à laquelle la scission de l'entreprise en deux entités distinctes sera effective. Ce sera le 1er ... «ZDNet France, Jun 15»
3
En attendant la scission, toutes les branches de HP reculent
En pleine scission de ses activités entre d'un côté, les ordinateurs personnels et les imprimantes et de l'autre, les solutions pour les entreprises, HP livre un ... «Clubic, May 15»
4
La scission de CSC en deux entités n'inquiète pas la France... pour …
Comme HP avant lui, l'intégrateur américain de solutions et systèmes d'information Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) a confirmé mardi 19 mai la scission ... «Silicon, May 15»
5
Osram prépare le terrain à une possible scission des ampoules
FRANCFORT (Reuters) - Osram a annoncé mardi son intention de transférer son segment des ampoules électriques dans une structure indépendante légale, ... «Reuters, Apr 15»
6
Qualcomm poussé vers une scission par un fonds actionnaire
Sans prendre de gant, le hedge fund réclame donc des explications : pourquoi Qualcomm n'opère-t-il pas une scission de ses activités afin de se concentrer sur ... «Les Numériques, Apr 15»
7
EELV : Cécile Duflot n'a pas peur d'une scission
Être une nouvelle composante du Front de gauche, cela ne marche pas", tacle Denis Baupin. Y a-t-il un risque de scission alors? "On ne peut jamais exclure ce ... «leJDD.fr, Mar 15»
8
La Ligue pro est d'accord avec la scission entre pros et amateurs
Au terme de sa réunion de ce vendredi, la Ligue pro, qui gère les intérêts des clubs de division 1, a donné son accord sur la scission entre les compétitions pros ... «7sur7, Mar 15»
9
eBay, qui prépare sa scission, va supprimer 2 400 emplois
Le groupe américain de distribution en ligne eBay poursuit ses préparatifs de scission avec l'annonce mercredi de 2 400 emplois supprimés et d'une possible ... «Le Point, Jan 15»
10
GDF Suez n'envisage pas de scission sur le modèle d'E.ON
Le PDG de GDF Suez, Gérard Mestrallet, a déclaré mardi que l'ancien monopole gazier n'envisageait pas de scission sur le modèle du groupe allemand E.ON, ... «Capital.fr, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Scission [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/scission>. Apr 2024 ».
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