PARTING

parting

Noun

  1. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
  2. A farewell, the act of departing politely.
  3. The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
  4. The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
  5. The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
  6. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
  7. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
  8. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

Verb

parting



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