cleavage

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the state of being split or cleft
noun the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
noun (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

From cleave + -age.

It also marks the cleavage between literary and political anarchism. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
Following the Boer War came a sharp cleavage among the Boers. — An African Adventure, Isaac Frederick Marcosson
There were no sharp edges, no sudden cleavages in the uneven terrain. — Astounding Stories, May, 1931, Various

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