Splitname/splɪt/

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  A port city in Croatia.

splitverb/splɪt/

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  To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

  • He has split his lip.
  • a huge vessel of exceeding hard marble split asunder by congealed water
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  Of something solid, particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line.

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  To share; to divide.

  • We split the money among three people.
  • Presently the 57-strong Class 378 fleet is split between the East London line and North London line, with 29 units allocated on the east side.
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  slangTo leave.

  • Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
  • Carlo and Carmen Vidal / just had a child / A lovely girl with a crooked smile / Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit / For a kid to grow up in
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  To separate.

  • Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
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  To (cause to) break up; to throw into discord.

  • Accusations of bribery split the party just before the election.
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  algebramathematicssciencesTo factor into linear factors.

  • In the first case X²-2, the minimum polynomial of #92;sqrt 2, splits completely over #92;Q(#92;sqrt 2); in the second case we see that X³-2, the minimum polynomial of 3#92;sqrt 2, does not split completely over #92;Q(3#92;sqrt 2).
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  algebramathematicssciencesTo factor into linear factors.

splitadj/splɪt/

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  Divided.

  • Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
  • With the descent of the cold war, relations between the two countries (for this is, to all intents and purposes, what they became after the end of the war) were almost completely broken off, with whole families split for the ensuing decades, some for ever.
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  algebramathematicssciencesHaving the middle object (group, module, etc.) equal to the direct sum of the others.

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  Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.

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  businessfinancestock-exchangeDivided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price.

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  historicalbusinessfinancestock-exchangeGiven in sixteenths rather than eighths.

  • 10+³⁄₁₆ is a split quotation.
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  businessfinancestock-exchangeDesignating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary.

splitnoun/splɪt/

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  A crack or longitudinal fissure.

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  A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division.

  • It destroys the class system and exploitation; it heals the split in man's nature and the crippled, one-sided development of the individual.
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  A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment.

  • The kernels split in shelling, known as splits, form a fifth grade of shelled Virginia peanuts.
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  One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses.

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  cheerleadingdancedancingA maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind, thus lowering the body completely to the floor in an upright position.

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  bodybuildinghobbieslifestyleA workout routine as seen by its distribution of muscle groups or the extent and manner they are targeted in a microcycle.

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  slangball-gamesbaseballgamesA split-finger fastball.

  • He’s got a nasty split.
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  bowlinghobbieslifestyleA result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.