Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fissure
Fissure
fissure
n. & v. --n. 1 an opening, usu. long and narrow, made esp. by cracking, splitting, or separation of parts. 2 Bot. & Anat. a narrow opening in an organ etc., esp. a depression between convolutions of the brain. 3 a cleavage. --v.tr. & intr. split or crack. Etymology: ME f. OF fissure or L fissura f. findere fiss- cleave
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin fissura, from fissus Date: 14th century a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting, 2. a natural cleft between body parts or in the substance of an organ, a break or slit in tissue usually at the junction of skin and mucous membrane, a separation or disagreement in thought or viewpoint ; schism , II. verb (~d; fissuring) Date: 1656 transitive verb to break into ~s ; cleave, intransitive verb crack, divide ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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