Definition of fissures Fissures
/fɪˈʃɚz/ - [fisherz] -
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What does fissures mean?
Wiktionary 
- fissures (Noun)
Plural of fissure.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: fissures |
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| fissure - (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes | ||
| vallecula, groove (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part | ||
| general anatomy, anatomy a detailed analysis; "he studied the anatomy of crimes" | ||
| sulcus (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain | ||
| fissure - a long narrow opening | ||
| crack, cleft, crevice, scissure | ||
| gap, opening a narrow opening; "he opened the window a crack" | ||
| chap (usually in the plural) leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs | ||
| chink a short light metallic sound | ||
| crevasse a deep fissure | ||
| fatigue crack a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue | ||
| faulting, geological fault, fracture, fault, shift, break the act of cracking something | ||
| rift a narrow fissure in rock | ||
| slit a long narrow opening | ||
| split extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) | ||
| fissure - a long narrow depression in a surface | ||
| crevice, cranny, crack, chap | ||
| imprint, impression, depression a device produced by pressure on a surface | ||
Verb |
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| fissure - break into fissures or fine cracks | ||
| crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fissure (n.)
A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. - fissure (v. t.)
To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fissure
A deep, steep-sided rift. -
fissure
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fissure
fish′ūr, n. a narrow opening or chasm: a cleft, slit, or furrow: any groove or sulcus, esp. one of the furrows on the surface of the brain, as the longitudinal fissure separating the hemispheres.—adj. Fiss′ūred, cleft, divided. [Fr.,—L. fissūra, from findĕre, fissum, to cleave.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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fissure
A narrow chasm where a small breach has been made, as in a fort, citadel, etc.
