fissure

The definition of a fissure is an opening in the Earth, or a disagreement or split on an issue.

(noun)

A long and narrow crack in the earth that forms an opening is an example of a fissure.
When two members of a group have a disagreement and split on an issue, this is an example of a fissure.

See fissure in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Origin: ME < OFr < L fissura < fissus: see fission

transitive verb, intransitive verb fissured, fissuring

to break into parts; crack or split apart

See fissure in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A long narrow opening; a crack or cleft.
The process of splitting or separating; division.
A separation into subgroups or factions; a schism.
Anatomy A normal groove or furrow, as in the liver or brain, that divides an organ into lobes or parts.
Medicine A break in the skin, usually where it joins a mucous membrane, producing a cracklike sore or ulcer.

intr. & tr.v. fis·sured, fis·sur·ing, fis·sures

To form a crack or cleft or cause a crack or cleft in.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, cut

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin fissūra

Origin: , from fissus, split; see fissi-

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