scission
pronunciation
How to pronounce scission in British English:
UK ['sɪʒən]
How to pronounce scission in American English:
US [ˈsɪʒən, ˈsɪʃ-]
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- Noun:
- the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
Word Origin
- scission (n.)
- "act of cutting or dividing," mid-15c., from French scission (14c.), from Late Latin scissionem (nominative scissio) "a cleaving, dividing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin scindere "to cut" (see shed (v.)).
Example
- 1. The results showed that various active particles with broad spectra of energy varying from0to15ev in argon plasma were responsible directly for the superficial chain scission of organic compound .