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fissure
[fish-er]
noun
a narrow opening produced by cleavage or separation of parts.
Anatomy.Ìýa natural division or groove in an organ, as in the brain.
verb (used with object)
to make fissures in; cleave; split.
verb (used without object)
to open in fissures; become split.
fissure
/ ˈ´Úɪʃə /
noun
any long narrow cleft or crack, esp in a rock
a weakness or flaw indicating impending disruption or discord
fissures in a decaying empire
anatomy a narrow split or groove that divides an organ such as the brain, lung, or liver into lobes See also sulcus
a small unnatural crack in the skin or mucous membrane, as between the toes or at the anus
a minute crack in the surface of a tooth, caused by imperfect joining of enamel during development
verb
to crack or split apart
fissure
A long, narrow crack or opening in the face of a rock. Fissures are often filled with minerals of a different type from those in the surrounding rock.
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- fissural adjective
- fissureless adjective
- subfissure noun
- superfissure noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of fissure1
Example Sentences
At first, you don't notice them but as soon as you see one, you start to see them everywhere - hundreds of them, in every fissure and crevice.
In places, collapsing aquifers have caused the land to sink, creating fissures in the ground that have damaged roads.
Before they crack, tiny fissures show up between the holes.
But there were deep fissures between the organization’s leadership and some of the journalists who had become synonymous with Knock LA’s work.
However, there has been little concern to aviation as these recent eruptions are mostly small fissure eruptions with large and slow lava flows - rather than the explosive ash eruption from Eyjafjallajökull.
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