splitting

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Noun

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splitting (plural splittings)

  1. An instance where something splits.
  2. (psychology) A division in the mind, or affecting one's sense of self.
    • 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin, published 2008, page 308:
      In other words, something troubling, such as being discovered in the toilets in a shaming way, can be both remembered and also pushed to the periphery of consciousness, a process that psychotherapists refer to as ‘splitting’.
  3. (chemistry) The cleavage of a covalent bond.

Descendants

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  • German: Splitting

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Adjective

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splitting (comparative more splitting, superlative most splitting)

  1. Resembling the sound of something being split or ripped.
  2. Very rapid.
    They moved at a splitting pace.
  3. Severely painful.
    I have a splitting headache.

Verb

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splitting

  1. present participle and gerund of split

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