Definizione monolingua

cleavage

cleavage (plural cleavages)

1. The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]
2. (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes. [from 19th c.]
3. (biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]
4. The hollow or separation between a womans breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]
   • 1946, ""Cinema: Cleavage and the Code"", Time, 5 Aug 1946:

     Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much ""cleavage"" (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress bosom into two distinct sections).

5. (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.

Definizione dizionario cleavage

	sfaldatura
	mineralogy: tendency of a crystal

	décolleté
	separation between breasts

	scollatura
	separation between breasts

clivaggio

divisione

fenditura

scissione

sfaldamento

solco intermammario

spaccatura

Altri significati:

(mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes. [from 19th c.]

'''biology''' : cell division

The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]

(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis. [from 19th c.]

(chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.

The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft. [from 19th c.]

the act or the state

chemistry: the splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones