splittings
Breaking into parts
Splittings are instances or acts of splitting—dividing something into parts.
The word appears in technical contexts: wood splittings, crystal splittings in spectroscopy.
In psychoanalytic theory, splitting refers to seeing things as all good or all bad, and splittings would be instances of this defense mechanism.
Dividing into two
- cleavingDividing by cutting
- partitioningDividing into sections
- separatingDividing into parts
- bisectingDividing into two equal parts
segmenting · dividing · quartering · sectioning · subdividing · fragmenting · breaking · severing
Nuclear breakup releasing energy
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
chain reaction · reactor · isotope · radioactive · atom · decay · energy · particle
Cut wood sections
- kindlingMaterial for starting fires
- firewoodCut logs for burning
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- wedgeTapered splitting tool
chopping · grain · lumber · timber · maul · sawing · cordwood · stacking
Termini or concludes
- damageHarm or impairment
- keratinStructural hair protein
- breakageAct of shattering
- trimmingCutting away excess
conditioning · cuticle · brittle · dryness · treatment · protein · moisture · repair
Smallest meaningful language units
- compoundsBonded element substances
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
- prefixesElements preceding roots
- suffixesElements following roots
word formation · parsing · decomposition · roots · affixes · segmentation · hyphenation · derivation
Units of company ownership
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- shareholdersOwners of company stock
capitalization · fractional · ratio · investment · securities · ownership · distribution · corporate
halving
Dividing into two
- cleavingDividing by cutting
- partitioningDividing into sections
- separatingDividing into parts
bisecting · segmenting · dividing · quartering · sectioning · subdividing · fragmenting · breaking · severing · cutting
fission
Nuclear breakup releasing energy
neutron · chain reaction · reactor · isotope · radioactive · atom · decay · energy · particle · bombardment
logs
Cut wood sections
wedge · chopping · grain · lumber · timber · maul · sawing · cordwood · stacking · seasoning
ends
Termini or concludes
trimming · conditioning · cuticle · brittle · dryness · treatment · protein · moisture · repair · strands
morphemes
Smallest meaningful language units
suffixes · word formation · parsing · decomposition · roots · affixes · segmentation · hyphenation · derivation · inflection
shares
Units of company ownership
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- portfolioCollected works or assets
shareholders · capitalization · fractional · ratio · investment · securities · ownership · distribution · corporate · valuation
splittingsmergings
Acts of joining together
joinings · combinations · unions · unifications · fusions
splittingsconsolidations
Unifications into wholes
aggregations · concentrations · gatherings · assemblies · accumulations
splittingsunifications
Acts of merging separate entities
healings · reconstitutions · reunions · bindings · weavings
- splitting upDividing into parts
- splitting hairsFocusing on trivial differences
- splitting headacheIntense throbbing head pain
- splitting the billDividing costs among diners
- splitting wood
- splitting the atomDividing atomic nuclei