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scissile definition

scis·sile (sis′il)

adjective

that can be cut or split smoothly and easily, as into plates or laminae

Etymology: L scissilis < scissus, pp. of scindere, to cut: see scission

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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