sectile

English

Etymology

Latin sectilis.

Adjective

sectile (comparative more sectile, superlative most sectile)

1. Capable of being cut.
   1. (mineralogy) Capable of being cut smoothly with a knife.
2. Having the appearance of being divided.

Derived terms

• sectility

 

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sectile”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Adjective

sectile

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sectilis

References

• sectile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)