† diffissionn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin diffissiōn-, diffissiō.

Etymology: < classical Latin diffissiōn-, diffissiō (in legal context) postponement, deferment (of a trial) (2nd cent. a.d. in Aulus Gellius) < diffiss- , past participial stem of diffindere diffind v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

The action or process of cleaving or splitting apart.Chiefly in geological contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [noun] > action, fact, or state of being cleft

fissure1633

diffission1727

fissuration1864

cleavage1867

split1898

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diffission, a cleaving asunder.

1845 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian 6 Sept. 7/1 At Chewton Bunny, where a most magnificent diffission of the cliff occurs, producing a chasm of some considerable width.

1917 W. H. Hobbs in Geogr. Rev. 3 344 The main result..should be charged to diffission, or splitting when the stone, highly heated in the sun, is splashed by the cold dash of a desert downpour.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	diffission
释义	† diffissionn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin diffissiōn-, diffissiō. Etymology: < classical Latin diffissiōn-, diffissiō (in legal context) postponement, deferment (of a trial) (2nd cent. a.d. in Aulus Gellius) < diffiss- , past participial stem of diffindere diffind v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. The action or process of cleaving or splitting apart.Chiefly in geological contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > [noun] > action, fact, or state of being cleft fissure1633 diffission1727 fissuration1864 cleavage1867 split1898 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Diffission, a cleaving asunder. 1845 Hampshire Advertiser & Salisbury Guardian 6 Sept. 7/1 At Chewton Bunny, where a most magnificent diffission of the cliff occurs, producing a chasm of some considerable width. 1917 W. H. Hobbs in Geogr. Rev. 3 344 The main result..should be charged to diffission, or splitting when the stone, highly heated in the sun, is splashed by the cold dash of a desert downpour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1727
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