Scission

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:54:18

Scis"sion (?), n. [L. scissio, fr. scindere, scisum, to cut, to split: cf. F. scission.]

The act of dividing with an instrument having a sharp edge.

Wiseman.

 

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