Definition of cleavages Cleavages

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Noun Plural: cleavages
cleavage - (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
		segmentation
		pregnancy, gestation, maternity the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
		cell division, cellular division the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
cleavage - the act of cleaving or splitting
		division the act or process of dividing
cleavage - the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
cleavage - the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
cleavage - the state of being split or cleft; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

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cleavage (Noun)
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
cleavage (Noun)
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
cleavage (Noun)
The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.

cleavage (n.)
The act of cleaving or splitting.
cleavage (n.)
The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.
cleavage (n.)
Division into laminae, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.

cleavage
The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
cleavage
The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
cleavage
The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
cleavage
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts.
cleavage
The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
cleavage
(Anatomy) An early embryonic stage consisting of rapid cell divisions without intervening growth periods that begins with a fertilized ovum and produces a blastocyst.

cleavage
The splitting of any body having a structure or line of cleavage: as fir cleaves longitudinally, slates horizontally, stones roughly, smoothly, conchoidal, or stratified, &c.