Definition of fissure in English:

fissure

noun ˈfɪʃəˈfɪʃər

1A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor
Example sentencesExamples
- She pointed to a fissure in the rock a few feet above her.
- There are vertical walls with jagged buttresses, sweeping canyons, arches, narrow gullies and fissures in the rock that develop into caves at the waterline.
- Passing through a massive fissure in the rock, you enter a canyon that runs through to open water.
- Early-stage hydrothermal leaching of the limestone created solution cavities and brecciated zones along the fissures and faults, providing sites for subsequent ore deposition.
- The branching dendrites found in moss agate were created by mineral deposits of manganese and iron trapped in fissures within the rock.
- ‘Earth fissures several feet wide and deep have been observed in Lucerne Valley,’ he said.
- In these types of deposits, gold and silver are precipitated by hot springs in fissures, faults, and explosive breccias in the upper portions of the mineral system.
- He ran his hand over a small fissure in the rock floor.
- Several stunning sequences show the earth split apart in massive fissures as people tumble like spilled marbles.
- He found himself following a main fissure down through the rock, the only one wide enough to admit him.
- Sandstone-filled cracks exposed at the unconformity are viewed as periglacial frost fissures.
- The occurrence of ventifacts and frost fissures implies a cold, windy periglacial climate.
- The shelves and fissures which bisect these rocks are home to edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, prawns, squat lobsters and the occasional large common lobster, which will march out boldly to meet your intrusion.
- Flat lawns are formed into an abstract pattern that recalls tectonic fractures and fissures in the earth's surface, their edges defined by dark grey concrete retaining walls.
- There are over 100 surface pumps that remove water from aquifers, geologic units where water is stored between grains of sand or in rock fissures.
- Company officials stated that the diamond bit had probably followed one of the rich, narrow copper fissures for some distance, and the core obtained did not represent the true width of the deposit.
- Geysers of steam leapt up from fissures in the rock.
- The fissures in the rocks seem to burrow ever deeper into the earth and seem blindingly black and dark.
- It was a fissure filling of Paleozoic, probably Permian, age.
- Illuminating fissures and fault lines began to appear.
Synonyms
opening, crevice, crack, cleft, cranny, chink, slit, groove, gap, hole, breach, aperture, vent, interstice
crevasse, chasm, ravine, crater
break, fracture, fault, rift, rupture, split, rent, gash
technical scission, grike
1. 1.1Anatomy A long, narrow opening, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The surgery went for eight hours; it was complicated by tentacles wrapped around the optic nerve and extending into the choroidal fissure which is the groove on the surface of the optic stalk.
  The inferior surfaces of the frontal lobes are separated from those of the temporal lobes by the lateral fissure.
  In this natural and inevitable process of atrophy, parts of the brain shrink, while the sulci, or fissures of the brain become shallower and wider.
  However, one more frequently finds the commonly described five lobes not separated by fissures.
  A chest radiograph shows right pleural wall thickening following the contour of the minor fissure consistent with right pleural effusion.
  Synonyms
  opening, aperture, gap, space, orifice, slot, vent, outlet, chink, breach
2A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
a fissure between philosophy and reality
Example sentencesExamples
- There is no way they can paper over the huge fissures created in the UK agricultural industry and the compensation offer has been described by most affected producers as a disaster.
- But by the time the novel is over, we've seen how small irruptions of human weakness, no less than gigantic cultural fissures, can change everything.
- In addition, the state itself is subject to the diverse cultural pressures and social fissures to which intellectuals, in their writings about folk religion, give voice.
- Instead, I began to see the conflicts and fissures that exist in the city and divide its inhabitants into different groups, classes and cultures.
- The war opened up profound fissures among the leading capitalist powers.
- Suddenly a fissure runs through the group of contented 40-year-olds at the hub of the narrative.
- Many delegates discussed how Asian media confronts the fissures between democracy and the global market economy.
- The same can be true of ideological differences, with the personal rivalry in place long before the policy fissure that maps on to it.
- It is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come in this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence and try to expose fissures in the society.

verb ˈfɪʃəˈfɪʃər

[with object]usually as adjective fissured

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
low cliffs of fissured Silurian rock
Example sentencesExamples
- The fruit is elongated, its green skin fissured by the hexagonal boundaries of the sections and covered with spikes.
- You can also find everything you need for rockeries, natural stone features and paving - including Kent rag, fissured limestone, green/pink granite and Cornish rustic slate.
- The near-vertical sides are fissured, and twenty-four caves and rock shelters are known.
- Here you can find deeply fissured reefs, sandy plains and even wrecks, all within 50-100m of the shore.
- After disembarking, there is a short, sharp climb to the summit at 2,743m, across fissured limestone where rock anemones grow.
- Between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man are moderate sea-cliffs, at one point fissured so that the Sugarloaf Caves have been formed.
- The pristine plasterwork was already fissured with micro-cracks.
- The façade of part of the house is fissured due to subsidence.
- We would slide into the water and spend our 30-40 minutes, and when we came up what greeted us was a wall of snowy rock, fissured glaciers flowing to the waterline and huge towers of ice that sometimes collapsed before our eyes.
- Looks like a coral reef cut into deeply fissured rectangles that reveal fossils.
- Here again the reef top was cracked and fissured, allowing fingers of natural light to play through the deep blue water.
- Montana was a vast three-dimensional world, rich with complex geological strata, alive with the movement of minerals through once-molten rock, shaped and fissured by eons of pressure and time.
- It may be moist and pink, there may be red psoriasiform with yellow, superficial crusting, or there may be a dry fissured area with mucoid discharge.
- On the eastern side is the Koolau Range, whose spectacular fissured cliffs front the windward side of the island.
Synonyms
split, broken, fissured, fractured, ruptured, splintered, cleft, slit

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere 'to split'.

This comes from Latin fissura, from findere ‘to split’ also the base of fission (early 17th century) ‘splitting’.

Rhymes

Fischer, fisher, justiciar, Laetitia, militia, Patricia, Phoenicia, Tricia

Definition of fissure in US English:

fissure

nounˈfiSHərˈfɪʃər

1A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Example sentencesExamples
- She pointed to a fissure in the rock a few feet above her.
- Geysers of steam leapt up from fissures in the rock.
- Sandstone-filled cracks exposed at the unconformity are viewed as periglacial frost fissures.
- He ran his hand over a small fissure in the rock floor.
- Passing through a massive fissure in the rock, you enter a canyon that runs through to open water.
- Company officials stated that the diamond bit had probably followed one of the rich, narrow copper fissures for some distance, and the core obtained did not represent the true width of the deposit.
- The branching dendrites found in moss agate were created by mineral deposits of manganese and iron trapped in fissures within the rock.
- He found himself following a main fissure down through the rock, the only one wide enough to admit him.
- The fissures in the rocks seem to burrow ever deeper into the earth and seem blindingly black and dark.
- There are over 100 surface pumps that remove water from aquifers, geologic units where water is stored between grains of sand or in rock fissures.
- In these types of deposits, gold and silver are precipitated by hot springs in fissures, faults, and explosive breccias in the upper portions of the mineral system.
- Flat lawns are formed into an abstract pattern that recalls tectonic fractures and fissures in the earth's surface, their edges defined by dark grey concrete retaining walls.
- The occurrence of ventifacts and frost fissures implies a cold, windy periglacial climate.
- ‘Earth fissures several feet wide and deep have been observed in Lucerne Valley,’ he said.
- Illuminating fissures and fault lines began to appear.
- It was a fissure filling of Paleozoic, probably Permian, age.
- The shelves and fissures which bisect these rocks are home to edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, prawns, squat lobsters and the occasional large common lobster, which will march out boldly to meet your intrusion.
- Early-stage hydrothermal leaching of the limestone created solution cavities and brecciated zones along the fissures and faults, providing sites for subsequent ore deposition.
- There are vertical walls with jagged buttresses, sweeping canyons, arches, narrow gullies and fissures in the rock that develop into caves at the waterline.
- Several stunning sequences show the earth split apart in massive fissures as people tumble like spilled marbles.
Synonyms
opening, crevice, crack, cleft, cranny, chink, slit, groove, gap, hole, breach, aperture, vent, interstice
1. 1.1Anatomy A long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove, e.g., any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain.
  Example sentencesExamples
  However, one more frequently finds the commonly described five lobes not separated by fissures.
  A chest radiograph shows right pleural wall thickening following the contour of the minor fissure consistent with right pleural effusion.
  In this natural and inevitable process of atrophy, parts of the brain shrink, while the sulci, or fissures of the brain become shallower and wider.
  The inferior surfaces of the frontal lobes are separated from those of the temporal lobes by the lateral fissure.
  The surgery went for eight hours; it was complicated by tentacles wrapped around the optic nerve and extending into the choroidal fissure which is the groove on the surface of the optic stalk.
  Synonyms
  opening, aperture, gap, space, orifice, slot, vent, outlet, chink, breach
2. 1.2 A state of incompatibility or disagreement.
  the fissure between private sector business and the newly expanding public sector
  Example sentencesExamples
  But by the time the novel is over, we've seen how small irruptions of human weakness, no less than gigantic cultural fissures, can change everything.
  In addition, the state itself is subject to the diverse cultural pressures and social fissures to which intellectuals, in their writings about folk religion, give voice.
  Many delegates discussed how Asian media confronts the fissures between democracy and the global market economy.
  The same can be true of ideological differences, with the personal rivalry in place long before the policy fissure that maps on to it.
  There is no way they can paper over the huge fissures created in the UK agricultural industry and the compensation offer has been described by most affected producers as a disaster.
  Instead, I began to see the conflicts and fissures that exist in the city and divide its inhabitants into different groups, classes and cultures.
  Suddenly a fissure runs through the group of contented 40-year-olds at the hub of the narrative.
  The war opened up profound fissures among the leading capitalist powers.
  It is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come in this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence and try to expose fissures in the society.

verbˈfiSHərˈfɪʃər

[with object]usually as adjective fissured

Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening.
the skin becomes dry, fissured, and cracked
Example sentencesExamples
- The façade of part of the house is fissured due to subsidence.
- Here again the reef top was cracked and fissured, allowing fingers of natural light to play through the deep blue water.
- Looks like a coral reef cut into deeply fissured rectangles that reveal fossils.
- It may be moist and pink, there may be red psoriasiform with yellow, superficial crusting, or there may be a dry fissured area with mucoid discharge.
- Montana was a vast three-dimensional world, rich with complex geological strata, alive with the movement of minerals through once-molten rock, shaped and fissured by eons of pressure and time.
- After disembarking, there is a short, sharp climb to the summit at 2,743m, across fissured limestone where rock anemones grow.
- Between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man are moderate sea-cliffs, at one point fissured so that the Sugarloaf Caves have been formed.
- Here you can find deeply fissured reefs, sandy plains and even wrecks, all within 50-100m of the shore.
- The near-vertical sides are fissured, and twenty-four caves and rock shelters are known.
- On the eastern side is the Koolau Range, whose spectacular fissured cliffs front the windward side of the island.
- The fruit is elongated, its green skin fissured by the hexagonal boundaries of the sections and covered with spikes.
- You can also find everything you need for rockeries, natural stone features and paving - including Kent rag, fissured limestone, green/pink granite and Cornish rustic slate.
- The pristine plasterwork was already fissured with micro-cracks.
- We would slide into the water and spend our 30-40 minutes, and when we came up what greeted us was a wall of snowy rock, fissured glaciers flowing to the waterline and huge towers of ice that sometimes collapsed before our eyes.
Synonyms
split, broken, fissured, fractured, ruptured, splintered, cleft, slit

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere ‘to split’.

单词	fissure
释义	Definition of fissure in English: fissure noun ˈfɪʃəˈfɪʃər 1A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. the bacteria survive around vents or fissures in the deep ocean floor Example sentencesExamples She pointed to a fissure in the rock a few feet above her. There are vertical walls with jagged buttresses, sweeping canyons, arches, narrow gullies and fissures in the rock that develop into caves at the waterline. Passing through a massive fissure in the rock, you enter a canyon that runs through to open water. Early-stage hydrothermal leaching of the limestone created solution cavities and brecciated zones along the fissures and faults, providing sites for subsequent ore deposition. The branching dendrites found in moss agate were created by mineral deposits of manganese and iron trapped in fissures within the rock. ‘Earth fissures several feet wide and deep have been observed in Lucerne Valley,’ he said. In these types of deposits, gold and silver are precipitated by hot springs in fissures, faults, and explosive breccias in the upper portions of the mineral system. He ran his hand over a small fissure in the rock floor. Several stunning sequences show the earth split apart in massive fissures as people tumble like spilled marbles. He found himself following a main fissure down through the rock, the only one wide enough to admit him. Sandstone-filled cracks exposed at the unconformity are viewed as periglacial frost fissures. The occurrence of ventifacts and frost fissures implies a cold, windy periglacial climate. The shelves and fissures which bisect these rocks are home to edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, prawns, squat lobsters and the occasional large common lobster, which will march out boldly to meet your intrusion. Flat lawns are formed into an abstract pattern that recalls tectonic fractures and fissures in the earth's surface, their edges defined by dark grey concrete retaining walls. There are over 100 surface pumps that remove water from aquifers, geologic units where water is stored between grains of sand or in rock fissures. Company officials stated that the diamond bit had probably followed one of the rich, narrow copper fissures for some distance, and the core obtained did not represent the true width of the deposit. Geysers of steam leapt up from fissures in the rock. The fissures in the rocks seem to burrow ever deeper into the earth and seem blindingly black and dark. It was a fissure filling of Paleozoic, probably Permian, age. Illuminating fissures and fault lines began to appear. Synonyms opening, crevice, crack, cleft, cranny, chink, slit, groove, gap, hole, breach, aperture, vent, interstice crevasse, chasm, ravine, crater break, fracture, fault, rift, rupture, split, rent, gash technical scission, grike 1.1Anatomy A long, narrow opening, e.g. any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain. Example sentencesExamples The surgery went for eight hours; it was complicated by tentacles wrapped around the optic nerve and extending into the choroidal fissure which is the groove on the surface of the optic stalk. The inferior surfaces of the frontal lobes are separated from those of the temporal lobes by the lateral fissure. In this natural and inevitable process of atrophy, parts of the brain shrink, while the sulci, or fissures of the brain become shallower and wider. However, one more frequently finds the commonly described five lobes not separated by fissures. A chest radiograph shows right pleural wall thickening following the contour of the minor fissure consistent with right pleural effusion. Synonyms opening, aperture, gap, space, orifice, slot, vent, outlet, chink, breach 2A state of incompatibility or disagreement. a fissure between philosophy and reality Example sentencesExamples There is no way they can paper over the huge fissures created in the UK agricultural industry and the compensation offer has been described by most affected producers as a disaster. But by the time the novel is over, we've seen how small irruptions of human weakness, no less than gigantic cultural fissures, can change everything. In addition, the state itself is subject to the diverse cultural pressures and social fissures to which intellectuals, in their writings about folk religion, give voice. Instead, I began to see the conflicts and fissures that exist in the city and divide its inhabitants into different groups, classes and cultures. The war opened up profound fissures among the leading capitalist powers. Suddenly a fissure runs through the group of contented 40-year-olds at the hub of the narrative. Many delegates discussed how Asian media confronts the fissures between democracy and the global market economy. The same can be true of ideological differences, with the personal rivalry in place long before the policy fissure that maps on to it. It is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come in this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence and try to expose fissures in the society. verb ˈfɪʃəˈfɪʃər [with object]usually as adjective fissured Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening. low cliffs of fissured Silurian rock Example sentencesExamples The fruit is elongated, its green skin fissured by the hexagonal boundaries of the sections and covered with spikes. You can also find everything you need for rockeries, natural stone features and paving - including Kent rag, fissured limestone, green/pink granite and Cornish rustic slate. The near-vertical sides are fissured, and twenty-four caves and rock shelters are known. Here you can find deeply fissured reefs, sandy plains and even wrecks, all within 50-100m of the shore. After disembarking, there is a short, sharp climb to the summit at 2,743m, across fissured limestone where rock anemones grow. Between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man are moderate sea-cliffs, at one point fissured so that the Sugarloaf Caves have been formed. The pristine plasterwork was already fissured with micro-cracks. The façade of part of the house is fissured due to subsidence. We would slide into the water and spend our 30-40 minutes, and when we came up what greeted us was a wall of snowy rock, fissured glaciers flowing to the waterline and huge towers of ice that sometimes collapsed before our eyes. Looks like a coral reef cut into deeply fissured rectangles that reveal fossils. Here again the reef top was cracked and fissured, allowing fingers of natural light to play through the deep blue water. Montana was a vast three-dimensional world, rich with complex geological strata, alive with the movement of minerals through once-molten rock, shaped and fissured by eons of pressure and time. It may be moist and pink, there may be red psoriasiform with yellow, superficial crusting, or there may be a dry fissured area with mucoid discharge. On the eastern side is the Koolau Range, whose spectacular fissured cliffs front the windward side of the island. Synonyms split, broken, fissured, fractured, ruptured, splintered, cleft, slit Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere 'to split'. This comes from Latin fissura, from findere ‘to split’ also the base of fission (early 17th century) ‘splitting’. Rhymes Fischer, fisher, justiciar, Laetitia, militia, Patricia, Phoenicia, Tricia Definition of fissure in US English: fissure nounˈfiSHərˈfɪʃər 1A long, narrow opening or line of breakage made by cracking or splitting, especially in rock or earth. Example sentencesExamples She pointed to a fissure in the rock a few feet above her. Geysers of steam leapt up from fissures in the rock. Sandstone-filled cracks exposed at the unconformity are viewed as periglacial frost fissures. He ran his hand over a small fissure in the rock floor. Passing through a massive fissure in the rock, you enter a canyon that runs through to open water. Company officials stated that the diamond bit had probably followed one of the rich, narrow copper fissures for some distance, and the core obtained did not represent the true width of the deposit. The branching dendrites found in moss agate were created by mineral deposits of manganese and iron trapped in fissures within the rock. He found himself following a main fissure down through the rock, the only one wide enough to admit him. The fissures in the rocks seem to burrow ever deeper into the earth and seem blindingly black and dark. There are over 100 surface pumps that remove water from aquifers, geologic units where water is stored between grains of sand or in rock fissures. In these types of deposits, gold and silver are precipitated by hot springs in fissures, faults, and explosive breccias in the upper portions of the mineral system. Flat lawns are formed into an abstract pattern that recalls tectonic fractures and fissures in the earth's surface, their edges defined by dark grey concrete retaining walls. The occurrence of ventifacts and frost fissures implies a cold, windy periglacial climate. ‘Earth fissures several feet wide and deep have been observed in Lucerne Valley,’ he said. Illuminating fissures and fault lines began to appear. It was a fissure filling of Paleozoic, probably Permian, age. The shelves and fissures which bisect these rocks are home to edible crabs, velvet swimming crabs, prawns, squat lobsters and the occasional large common lobster, which will march out boldly to meet your intrusion. Early-stage hydrothermal leaching of the limestone created solution cavities and brecciated zones along the fissures and faults, providing sites for subsequent ore deposition. There are vertical walls with jagged buttresses, sweeping canyons, arches, narrow gullies and fissures in the rock that develop into caves at the waterline. Several stunning sequences show the earth split apart in massive fissures as people tumble like spilled marbles. Synonyms opening, crevice, crack, cleft, cranny, chink, slit, groove, gap, hole, breach, aperture, vent, interstice 1.1Anatomy A long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove, e.g., any of the spaces separating convolutions of the brain. Example sentencesExamples However, one more frequently finds the commonly described five lobes not separated by fissures. A chest radiograph shows right pleural wall thickening following the contour of the minor fissure consistent with right pleural effusion. In this natural and inevitable process of atrophy, parts of the brain shrink, while the sulci, or fissures of the brain become shallower and wider. The inferior surfaces of the frontal lobes are separated from those of the temporal lobes by the lateral fissure. The surgery went for eight hours; it was complicated by tentacles wrapped around the optic nerve and extending into the choroidal fissure which is the groove on the surface of the optic stalk. Synonyms opening, aperture, gap, space, orifice, slot, vent, outlet, chink, breach 1.2 A state of incompatibility or disagreement. the fissure between private sector business and the newly expanding public sector Example sentencesExamples But by the time the novel is over, we've seen how small irruptions of human weakness, no less than gigantic cultural fissures, can change everything. In addition, the state itself is subject to the diverse cultural pressures and social fissures to which intellectuals, in their writings about folk religion, give voice. Many delegates discussed how Asian media confronts the fissures between democracy and the global market economy. The same can be true of ideological differences, with the personal rivalry in place long before the policy fissure that maps on to it. There is no way they can paper over the huge fissures created in the UK agricultural industry and the compensation offer has been described by most affected producers as a disaster. Instead, I began to see the conflicts and fissures that exist in the city and divide its inhabitants into different groups, classes and cultures. Suddenly a fissure runs through the group of contented 40-year-olds at the hub of the narrative. The war opened up profound fissures among the leading capitalist powers. It is clearly a plan on the part of outsiders to come in this country and spark civil war, create sectarian violence and try to expose fissures in the society. verbˈfiSHərˈfɪʃər [with object]usually as adjective fissured Split or crack (something) to form a long, narrow opening. the skin becomes dry, fissured, and cracked Example sentencesExamples The façade of part of the house is fissured due to subsidence. Here again the reef top was cracked and fissured, allowing fingers of natural light to play through the deep blue water. Looks like a coral reef cut into deeply fissured rectangles that reveal fossils. It may be moist and pink, there may be red psoriasiform with yellow, superficial crusting, or there may be a dry fissured area with mucoid discharge. Montana was a vast three-dimensional world, rich with complex geological strata, alive with the movement of minerals through once-molten rock, shaped and fissured by eons of pressure and time. After disembarking, there is a short, sharp climb to the summit at 2,743m, across fissured limestone where rock anemones grow. Between Port St Mary and the Calf of Man are moderate sea-cliffs, at one point fissured so that the Sugarloaf Caves have been formed. Here you can find deeply fissured reefs, sandy plains and even wrecks, all within 50-100m of the shore. The near-vertical sides are fissured, and twenty-four caves and rock shelters are known. On the eastern side is the Koolau Range, whose spectacular fissured cliffs front the windward side of the island. The fruit is elongated, its green skin fissured by the hexagonal boundaries of the sections and covered with spikes. You can also find everything you need for rockeries, natural stone features and paving - including Kent rag, fissured limestone, green/pink granite and Cornish rustic slate. The pristine plasterwork was already fissured with micro-cracks. We would slide into the water and spend our 30-40 minutes, and when we came up what greeted us was a wall of snowy rock, fissured glaciers flowing to the waterline and huge towers of ice that sometimes collapsed before our eyes. Synonyms split, broken, fissured, fractured, ruptured, splintered, cleft, slit Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin fissura, from findere ‘to split’.
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