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Meaning:
Noun:
- technology Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
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Verb:
- mineralogy Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.
- intransitive To be faithful.
- intransitive To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.
- intransitive To split.
- figurative To pierce or penetrate as if by splitting.
- chemistry To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
- mineralogy To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
- transitive To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting: cleave a path through the ice.
- transitive To split or sever something or as if with a sharp instrument.
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