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kappa

EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionary

on fractionalization fractionation partition schism scission separation split sundering

Antonyms

unification union

Examples

//The dress is cut low enough to reveal a lot of cleavage.
//the cleavage between the rich and poor
//the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

cleavageon fractionalization fractionation partition schism scission separation split sundering

Antonyms

unification union

Examples

//The dress is cut low enough to reveal a lot of cleavage.
//the cleavage between the rich and poor
//the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

cleavage