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词汇 scission
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Definition of scission in English:

scission

noun ˈsɪʃ(ə)n
mass nountechnical
  • 1The action or state of cutting or being cut.

    〈技〉切割,切断;尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maybe you suffered some head injury which causes uncontrolled memory scissions?
    • The gift of her language, therefore, is not one of exfoliation, but of continual scission and concision.
    • There are lines of continuity, but there are also significant ruptures, scissions and re-orientations.
    • Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes observed.
    • The author argued that the scission between nature and culture is actually a false one, based on erroneous assumptions about the underlying ‘constitution’ of these bipolar terms.
    1. 1.1Biochemistry Breakage of a chemical bond, especially one in a long chain molecule so that two smaller chains result.
      〔主生化〕(化学键)断裂(尤指一长链分子中的化学键,因断裂而产生两个较短的分子链)
      this bacteriophage catalyses scission of DNA strands
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Indeed, the assembled repair complex just before strand scission (loss of antibody binding) is composed of multiple subunits.
      • Strand scission in DNA can result from the production of a carbon-based radical following hydrogen atom abstraction from deoxyribose.
      • As it can be seen on the electrophoresis gel, the frank scission is highly selective.
      • These trimetal clusters cleaved DNA through single-strand scission by use of UV light as the trigger.
      • By contrast, the formation of photosensitized frank scissions, which must arise from sugar oxidation, is not usual.
      Synonyms
      opening, aperture, space, breach, chink, slit, slot, vent, crack, crevice, cranny, cavity, hole, orifice, interstice, perforation, break, fracture, rift, rent, fissure, cleft, divide, discontinuity
    2. 1.2count noun A division or split between people or parties; a schism.
      (人群或政党间的)分裂
      a scission arose between the socialists and those further to the left
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For them increasing poverty and social scission seems at best a distant rumour.
      Synonyms
      division, split, rift, breach, rupture, break, separation, severance, estrangement, alienation, detachment

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin scissio(n-), from scindere 'cut, cleave'.

Rhymes

circumcision, collision, concision, decision, derision, division, elision, envision, excision, imprecision, incision, misprision, precisian, precision, provision, vision

Definition of scission in US English:

scission

noun
technical
  • 1The action or state of cutting or being cut.

    〈技〉切割,切断;尤指

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Budding and scission of a deflated vesicle into two smaller spherical daughters were sometimes observed.
    • There are lines of continuity, but there are also significant ruptures, scissions and re-orientations.
    • The author argued that the scission between nature and culture is actually a false one, based on erroneous assumptions about the underlying ‘constitution’ of these bipolar terms.
    • The gift of her language, therefore, is not one of exfoliation, but of continual scission and concision.
    • Maybe you suffered some head injury which causes uncontrolled memory scissions?
    1. 1.1Biochemistry Breakage of a chemical bond, especially one in a long chain molecule so that two smaller chains result.
      〔主生化〕(化学键)断裂(尤指一长链分子中的化学键,因断裂而产生两个较短的分子链)
      this bacteriophage catalyses scission of DNA strands
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Strand scission in DNA can result from the production of a carbon-based radical following hydrogen atom abstraction from deoxyribose.
      • By contrast, the formation of photosensitized frank scissions, which must arise from sugar oxidation, is not usual.
      • Indeed, the assembled repair complex just before strand scission (loss of antibody binding) is composed of multiple subunits.
      • As it can be seen on the electrophoresis gel, the frank scission is highly selective.
      • These trimetal clusters cleaved DNA through single-strand scission by use of UV light as the trigger.
      Synonyms
      opening, aperture, space, breach, chink, slit, slot, vent, crack, crevice, cranny, cavity, hole, orifice, interstice, perforation, break, fracture, rift, rent, fissure, cleft, divide, discontinuity
    2. 1.2 A division or split between people or parties; a schism.
      (人群或政党间的)分裂
      a scission arose between the socialists and those further to the left
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For them increasing poverty and social scission seems at best a distant rumour.
      Synonyms
      division, split, rift, breach, rupture, break, separation, severance, estrangement, alienation, detachment

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from late Latin scissio(n-), from scindere ‘cut, cleave’.

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