abscission

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Related terms 2 French 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• abscision

[edit] Etymology

From Latin abscissio. See abscind.

[edit] Noun

abscission (plural abscissions)

1. The act or process of cutting off.

   Quotations

   • Not to be cured without the abscission of a member. - Jer. Taylor

2. The state of being cut off. - Sir T. Browne
3. rhetoric: A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."
4. (botany) The separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• abscisin
• abscisic

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[edit] French

[edit] Noun

abscission f. (plural abscissions)

1. (botany) abscission