Definitions
1.nounThe act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
2.nounA farewell, the act of departing politely.
3.nounThe dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions; part (US)
4.noun(founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.
5.nounThe separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
6.nounA joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
7.nounThe breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
8.nounLamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.