Complete Definition of "cleavage"

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Noun
en-noun

  1. The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
  2. The act of cleave|cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  3. mineralogy The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
  4. chemistry The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  5. biology The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.

Related terms
cleave
cleft

Synonyms
separation between breasts
intermammary sulcus

Translations
trans-top|separation between breasts
Chinese: 乳�, 乳� (r� g�u)
Dutch: décolleté m
Finnish: rinta|rintojen väli
French: décolleté m
trans-mid
German: Dekolletee n, Ausschnitt m
Italian: décolleté m, scollatura f
Persian: FAchar|�اک پستا� (châk pestân)
Spanish: escote m, canalillo m
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trans-top|the act or the state
Dutch: splijten n
Greek: ��ί�ιμο (skhísimo) n
trans-mid
Russian: �а�кол (raskól) m, �а��епление (rasš�eplénije) n
trans-bottom

trans-top|biology: cell division
Chinese: �� (lu�n liè)
Dutch: deling f
Finnish: solun jakautuminen
trans-mid
Russian: деление (delénije) n
Spanish: división f
trans-bottom

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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|German: Zellteilung f
ttbc|Japanese: �� (kairetsu)
trans-mid
ttbc|Korean: �� (bunyeol)
ttbc|Spanish: escote m, hendidura f
trans-bottom

See also
décolletage
Wikipedia:Cleavage

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