Definitions for scission

scission scis·sion

Spelling: [sizh-uh n, sish-]
IPA: /ˈsɪʒ ən, ˈsɪʃ-/

Scission is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in scission (ciinosss).

Definitions for scission

noun

  1. a cutting, dividing, or splitting; division; separation.
  2. Chemistry. cleavage (def 7).

Origin of scission

1400-50; late Middle English (Middle French) Late Latin scissiōn- (stem of scissiō) a cutting, equivalent to sciss(us) (past participle of scindere to cut) + -iōn- -ion

Examples for scission

scission is seen to take place equally in the world of ideas; but the result, instead of being a new life, is a new abstraction.

If they do not turn the balance in favor of the Tiers-Etat, there is real danger of a scission.

It manifestly carries the Trojan scission into Olympus and drives out in disgrace the Trojan deities.

The greater event 275 was the scission between East and West.

The scission was not yet irremediable between the two terms.

In Fiji, the process of scission was found in every stage of evolution.

He, therefore, has the scission in himself, he longs to leave and be restored out of this realm of mere nature.

But who can say what would be the evils of a scission, and when and where they would end?

Word Value for scission
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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