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Definition of cleavage
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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..
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Ectolecithal
::
Ectolecithal
(a.)
Having
the food yolk, at the
commencement
of
segmentation,
in a
peripheral
position,
and the
cleavage
process
confined
to the
center
of the egg; as,
ectolecithal
ova..
Prismatical
::
Prismatical
(a.)
Resembling,
or
pertaining
to, a
prism;
as, a
prismatic
form or
cleavage..
Cubical
::
Cubical
(a.)
Isometric
or
monometric;
as, cubic
cleavage.
See
Crystallization..
Morulation
::
Morulation
(n.) The
process
of
cleavage,
or
segmentation,
of the ovum, by which a
morula
is
formed..
Pyramidal
::
Pyramidal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
pyramid;
in the form of a a
pyramid;
pyramidical;
as,
pyramidal
cleavage..
Stile
::
Stilbite
(n.) A
common
mineral
of the
zeolite
family,
a
hydrous
silicate
of
alumina
and lime,
usually
occurring
in
sheaflike
aggregations
of
crystals,
also in
radiated
masses.
It is of a white or
yellowish
color,
with
pearly
luster
on the
cleavage
surface.
Called
also
desmine..
Monotomous
::
Monotomous
(a.)
Having
a
distinct
cleavage
in a
single
direction
only.
Fluorite
::
Fluorite
(n.)
Calcium
fluoride,
a
mineral
of many
different
colors,
white,
yellow,
purple,
green,
red, etc., often very
beautiful,
crystallizing
commonly
in cubes with
perfect
octahedral
cleavage;
also
massive.
It is used as a flux. Some
varieties
are used for
ornamental
vessels.
Also
called
fluor spar, or
simply
fluor..
Diatomous
::
Diatomous
(a.)
Having
a
single,
distinct,
diagonal
cleavage;
-- said of
crystals..
Parting
::
Parting
(n.)
Lamellar
separation
in a
crystallized
mineral,
due to some other cause than
cleavage,
as to the
presence
of
twinning
lamellae..
Orthoclase
::
Orthoclase
(n.)
Common
or
potash
feldspar
crystallizing
in the
monoclinic
system
and
having
two
cleavages
at right
angles
to each
other.
See
Feldspar.
Heulandite
::
Heulandite
(n.) A
mineral
of the
Zeolite
family,
often
occurring
in
amygdaloid,
in
foliated
masses,
and also in
monoclinic
crystals
with
pearly
luster
on the
cleavage
face. It is a
hydrous
silicate
of
alumina
and
lime..
Discoblastic
::
Discoblastic
(a.)
Applied
to a form of egg
cleavage
seen in
osseous
fishes,
which
occurs
only in a small disk that
separates
from the rest of the egg..
Acrotomous
::
Acrotomous
(a.)
Having
a
cleavage
parallel
with the base.
Fissile
::
Fissile
(a.)
Capable
of being
split,
cleft,
or
divided
in the
direction
of the
grain,
like wood, or along
natural
planes
of
cleavage,
like
crystals..
Segment
::
Segment
(v. i.) To
divide
or
separate
into parts in
growth;
to
undergo
segmentation,
or
cleavage,
as in the
segmentation
of the
ovum..
Fission
::
Fission
(n.) A
method
of
asexual
reproduction
among the
lowest
(unicellular)
organisms
by means of a
process
of
self-division,
consisting
of
gradual
division
or
cleavage
of the into two
parts,
each of which then
becomes
a
separate
and
independent
organisms;
as when a cell in an
animal
or
plant,
or its germ,
undergoes
a
spontaneous
division,
and the parts again
subdivide.
See
Segmentation,
and Cell
division,
under
Division..
Foliation
::
Foliation
(n.) The
property,
possessed
by some
crystalline
rocks,
of
dividing
into
plates
or
slabs,
which is due to the
cleavage
structure
of one of the
constituents,
as mica or
hornblende.
It may
sometimes
include
slaty
structure
or
cleavage,
though
the
latter
is
usually
independent
of any
mineral
constituent,
and
transverse
to the
bedding,
it
having
been
produced
by
pressure..
Segment
::
Segment
(n.) One of the cells or
division
formed
by
segmentation,
as in egg
cleavage
or in
fissiparous
cell
formation..
Apophyllite
::
Apophyllite
(n.) A
mineral
relating
to the
zeolites,
usually
occurring
in
square
prisms
or
octahedrons
with
pearly
luster
on the
cleavage
surface.
It is a
hydrous
silicate
of
calcium
and
potassium..
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