Definitions for scissions

scissions scis·sion

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

Scissions is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in scissions (ciinossss).

Definitions for scissions

noun

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

Origin of scissions

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 scissions

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.

The scission was not yet irremediable between the two terms.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for scissions
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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