cleavage

English Thesaurus

1. the act of cleaving or splitting (noun.act)

hypernym	:	division,
definition	:	the act or process of dividing (noun.act)

2. the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts) (noun.body)

hypernym	:	area, region,
definition	:	a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve (noun.body)

3. (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum (noun.process)

hypernym	:	cell division, cellular division,
definition	:	the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells (noun.process)

part meronym	:	gestation, maternity, pregnancy,
definition	:	the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus (noun.state)

domain category	:	embryology,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies the formation and early development of living organisms (noun.cognition)

4. the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules (noun.process)

hypernym	:	chemical action, chemical change, chemical process,
definition	:	(chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved (noun.process)

5. the state of being split or cleft (noun.state)

hypernym	:	state,
definition	:	the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)

6. the act of cleaving or splitting (noun.act)

derivation	:	cleave, rive, split,
definition	:	separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact)

derivation	:	cleave, rive, split,
definition	:	separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument (verb.contact)