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splitting
(mass) | splitting
- delenie |
splitting
(encz) | splitting,bolestivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
splitting
(encz) | splitting,oddělování n: Zdeněk Brož |
splitting
(encz) | splitting,rozdělování n: Zdeněk Brož |
splitting
(encz) | splitting,štěpení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Splitting
(gcide) | Split \Split\ (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Split
(Splitted, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. Splitting.] [Probably of
Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten,
OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG.
spl[imac]zen. Cf. Splice, Splint, Splinter.]
1. To divide lengthwise; to separate from end to end, esp. by
force; to divide in the direction of the grain or layers;
to rive; to cleave; as, to split a piece of timber or a
board; to split a gem; to split a sheepskin.
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Cold winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
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2. To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
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A huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder
by congealed water. --Boyle.
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3. To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by
discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political
party; to disunite. [Colloq.] --South.
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4. (Chem.) To divide or separate into components; -- often
used with up; as, to split up sugar into alcohol and
carbonic acid.
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To split hairs, to make distinctions of useless nicety.
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splitting
(wn) | splitting
adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something
ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree
split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar
as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping,
splitting] |
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splitting
(mass) | splitting
- delenie |
ear-splitting
(encz) | ear-splitting,ohlušující Jaroslav Šedivý |
earsplitting
(encz) | earsplitting,ohlušující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
fee splitting
(encz) | fee splitting, n: |
hair-splitting
(encz) | hair-splitting,puntičkářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hairsplitting
(encz) | hairsplitting,pedantství n: Zdeněk Brožhairsplitting,puntičkářský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
side-splitting
(encz) | side-splitting, |
sidesplitting
(encz) | sidesplitting, |
sidesplittingly
(encz) | sidesplittingly, adv: |
splitting
(encz) | splitting,bolestivý adj: Zdeněk Brožsplitting,oddělování n: Zdeněk Brožsplitting,rozdělování n: Zdeněk Brožsplitting,štěpení n: Zdeněk Brož |
word-splitting
(encz) | word-splitting, n: |
Ear-splitting
(gcide) | Ear-splitting \Ear"-split`ting\, a.
Deafening; disagreeably loud or shrill; as, ear-splitting
strains.
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Hairsplitting
(gcide) | Hairsplitting \Hair"split`ting\ (-t[i^]ng), a.
Making excessively fine or trivial distinctions in reasoning;
overly subtle. -- n. The act or practice of making trivial
distinctions.
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The ancient hairsplitting technicalities of special
pleading. --Charles
Sumner.
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killing sidesplitting
(gcide) | humourous \humourous\ adj.
same as humorous; causing amusement or laughter. [Narrower
terms: {bantering, facetious, tongue-in-cheek, witty ;
{boisterous, knockabout, slapstick ; {buffoonish, clownish,
zany}; {comic, comical, funny, laughable, risible ; {droll,
waggish ; {dry, ironic, ironical, pawky, wry ; {farcical,
ludicrous, ridiculous ; {Gilbertian ; {hilarious, uproarious
; jesting, jocose, jocular, jocund, joking; {merry,
mirthful}; {seriocomic, seriocomical ; {tragicomic,
tragicomical ; killing, sidesplitting] Also See:
pleasing.
Syn: humorous.
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Phase splitting
(gcide) | Phase splitting \Phase splitting\ (Elec.)
The dephasing of the two parts of a single alternating
current in two dissimilar branches of a given circuit.
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earsplitting
(wn) | earsplitting
adj 1: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn:
deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery] |
fee splitting
(wn) | fee splitting
n 1: payment (usually by doctors or lawyers) of part of the fee
in return for the referral |
hairsplitting
(wn) | hairsplitting
adj 1: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun
distinctions" [syn: finespun, hairsplitting]
n 1: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they
didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn:
hairsplitting, word-splitting] |
sidesplitting
(wn) | sidesplitting
adj 1: very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
[syn: killing, sidesplitting] |
sidesplittingly
(wn) | sidesplittingly
adv 1: in a very humorous manner [syn: killingly,
sidesplittingly] |
splitting
(wn) | splitting
adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something
ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree
split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar
as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping,
splitting] |
word-splitting
(wn) | word-splitting
n 1: making too fine distinctions of little importance; "they
didn't take his hairsplitting seriously" [syn:
hairsplitting, word-splitting] |
SPLITTING A CAUSE OF ACTIO
(bouvier) | SPLITTING A CAUSE OF ACTION. The bringing an action for only a part of the
cause of action. This is not permitted either at law nor in equity. 4 Bouv.
Inst. n. 4167.
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