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Definitions: Abscission |
AbscissionNoun1. Shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant. 2. The act of cutting something off. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Abscission \Ab*scis"sion\, noun. [Latin expression abscissio. See Abscind.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Weather | Shedding by a plant of its parts, such as leaves, flowers, fruits, or seeds. The process is regulated by the plant hormone abscisic acid. (references) |
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Synonym: AbscissionSynonym: cutting off (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disjunction | Division, subdivision, rupture; compartition ; dismemberment, dislocation; luxation; severance, disseverance; scission; rescission, abscission; laceration, dilaceration; disruption, abruption; avulsion, divulsion; section, resection, cleavage; fission; partibility, separability. |
Nonaddition Subtraction | Noun: subtraction, subduction; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation; abstraction; (taking); garbling; Verb: mutilation, detruncation; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment; minuend, subtrahend; decrease; abrasion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Abscission |
| English words defined with "abscission": abscise, Abscision. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "abscission": chlorotic dwarf. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Abscission" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (abscission). |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
abscission | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "abscission"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | amputim (ablation, amputation). (various references) | |
Arabic | إنفصال الأزهار, إنقطاع مفاجئ (abrogation). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | лишаване (deprivation, divestiture, divestment). (various references) | |
Chinese | 顿断法. (various references) | |
Danish | exairesis (exeresis). (various references) | |
Dutch | uitsnijding (excision, exeresis). (various references) | |
Finnish | ablaatio (ablation, exeresis), ekstirpaatio (exeresis). (various references) | |
French | abscission, exérèse. (various references) | |
German | Abtrennung, Abschneiden, Exhairese (exeresis), Exhärese (exeresis). (various references) | |
Greek | αποκοπή (abruption, amputation, apocope, blanking, cutoff, cut-off, cutoff condition, cut-off condition, cutting, ectomy, excision, outline blanking, outline cutting, recision, resection, severance, tear, trimming, truncation). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כרית" (ablation, cutting, excision, extirpation), תוק פתאומי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | lemetszés (nip). (various references) | |
Italian | recissioe, exeresi (exeresis), escissione (evisceration, excision, exenteration, fetal dissection). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abscissionay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | amputação (ablation, amputation, curtailment, Helferich knee-résection incision, traumatic amputation), abscisão, excisão (excision, removal). (various references) | |
Romanian | ablaţiune (ablation), extirpare (eradication, excision, extirpation, removal), excizie, înlãturare (disposal, elimination). (various references) | |
Russian | отнятие (deprivation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | uveok. (various references) | |
Spanish | abscisio/n, abscisión, exéresis (exeresis). (various references) | |
Swedish | amputation (amputation). (various references) | |
Turkish | kesme (clip, curtailment, cut, cutback, cutting, discontinuation, interception, nip, scission, section, shearing, shutoff, stoppage, suppression, truncation), kesilme (being cut, ceasing, cessation, disconnection, disconnexion, discontinuance, disruption, laceration, stopping, surcease). (various references) | |
Ukranian | відрізування, видалення (excision, extraction, resection), обсипання, опадання, ампутація (ablation, amputation). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "abscission": abscissions. (additional references) | |
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"Abscission" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abscisin, ascession, bscission. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "abscission" (pronounced 'Ab*scis"sion'): Abrasion, Abscession, Abscision, Abstersion, Abstrusion, Abusion, Accension, Accession, Acutorsion, Addression, Adhesion, Admission, Adversion, Affusion, Aggression, Allision, Allusion, Amission, Animadversion, Anteversion, Appension, Apprehension, Appulsion, Arrosion, Ascension, Aspersion, Assession, Aversion, Avision, Avulsion, Catabasion, Cession, Circumclusion, Circumfusion, Circumincession, Coextension, Cohesion, Cointension, Collapsion, Collision, Collusion, Comprehension, Compression, Compulsion, Concession, Concision, Conclusion, Concussion, Condescension, Confession, Confusion, Congression, Consension, Conspersion, Contorsion, Contraversion, Controversion, Contusion, Conversion, Convulsion, Corrasion, Corrosion, Decession, Decision, Declension, Decursion, Delapsion, Delusion, Demersion, Demission, Demulsion, Deprehension, Depression, Depulsion, Derision, Descension, Detersion, Detorsion, Detrusion, Diffission, Diffusion, Digression, Dimension, Dimission, Discession, Disclusion, Discommission, Discursion, Discussion, Dismission, Dispansion, Dispassion, Dispersion, Displosion, Dispossession, Dissension, Dissuasion, Distension, Diversion, Effossion, Effusion, Egression, Elapsion, Elusion, Emersion, Emission, Empassion, Emulsion, Erasion, Evasion, Eversion, Evulsion, Excision, Exclusion, Excursion, Excussion, Exesion, Expansion, Explosion, expression, extension, Extersion, Extramission, Extraversion, Extroversion, Extrusion, Fidejussion, fission, fusion, Illision, illusion, immersion, Immission, Impassion, implosion, imprecision, impression, Improvision, impulsion, Inadhesion, Inapprehension, Incension, Incession, incision, inclusion, Incompassion, incomprehension, Inconfusion, incursion, INDECISION, Indivision, Inextension, infusion, Ingression, Inhesion, Inrecision, Insession, Inspersion, Insubmission, intension, intercession, Interclusion, Interfusion, intermission, interspersion, Intorsion, Intrafusion, Introcession, Introgression, intromission, Intropression, introversion, intrusion, invasion, inversion, Invision, Irremission, Irrision, lesion, manumission, Mersion, misapprehension, Misconclusion, Misdivision, Misexpression, Mispassion, Mispersuasion, Misprision, Nonadmission, Noncohesion, Nonsubmission, Obsession, Obtension, Obtrusion, Obtusion, Obversion, Occision, Occlusion, Occursion, Offension, Omission, Oppression, Ostension, Outpassion, Percussion, Perfusion, Permansion, permission, Perpension, Perpession, Persuasion, Pertusion, Pervasion, Perversion, Portension, Preadmission, Preapprehension, Precession, Precision, Preclusion, Prehension, Prepossession, Presension, Pression, Pretension, Pretermission, Prevision, Profession, Profusion, Prolapsion, Prolusion, Propension, Propulsion, Protension, Protrusion, Pulsion, readmission, Reascension, Recension, Recision, Reclusion, Recommission, Reconversion, recursion, Recussion, Refossion, Refusion, regression, Reimpression, repercussion, repossession, reprehension, repression, repulsion, rescission, Respersion, Responsion, Retrocession, retrogression, retroversion, Retrusion, reversion, revision, revulsion, scansion, scission, secession, seclusion, Self-delusion, self-possession, session, Sponsion, suasion, subdivision, Subingression, submersion, submission, subversion, succession, Succision, succussion, Suffossion, suffusion, supersession, supervision, suppression, Supravision, suspension, Thermotension, torsion, Transcension, Transcursion, transfusion, transgression, transmission, Transversion, Trusion, Uncircumcision, Unconversion, Unintermission, Unpersuasion, Version. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-i-i-n-o-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: abscisins. | |
-2 letters: abscisin, caissons, cassinos, scission. | |
-3 letters: abiosis, basions, bionics, bonacis, bonsais, caisson, casinos, cassino. | |
-4 letters: anisic, bacons, bancos, basics, basins, basion, bassos, binocs, bionic, bisons, bonaci, bonsai, cabins, cansos, casini, casino, cassis, cobias, ionics, niobic, sabins, sasins, scions, sonics. | |
-5 letters: acini, bacon, banco, basic, basin, basis, bassi, basso, bison, cabin, cains, canso, cions, cobia, coins, icons, ionic, isbas, nabis, oasis, obias, ossia, sabin, sains, sasin, scabs, scans, scion, snibs, snobs, sonic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-i-i-n-o-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: abscissions. | |
+5 letters: abstractionisms, abstractionists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 62 73 63 69 73 73 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... -.-. .. ... ... .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100010 01110011 01100011 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A b s c i s s i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0062 0073 0063 0069 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35688569758585758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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