cleavages
noun
Meaning
- The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
- The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
- (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
- The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
- The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
- The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
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