split
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Wikipedia split (not comparable)
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- (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others.
- (coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso.
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split (plural splits)
- (gymnastics, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) The acrobatic feat of spreading the legs flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to the body or with one leg in front and one behind.
- (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball.
- He’s got a nasty split.
- (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down.
- A dessert or confection resembling a banana split.
- A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth.
- A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi.
- (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate point(s) in a race.
- In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32
- (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses.
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acrobatic feat
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baseball pitch
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a dessert or confection
a unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits
a bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters of fluid
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to split (third-person singular simple present splits, present participle splitting, simple past and past participle split)
- (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
- He has split his lip.
- (transitive) To share; to divide.
- We split the money among three people
- (slang) To leave.
- Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party.
- to separate or break up.
- Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce.
- Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan.
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- split up (verb)
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divide along a more or less straight line
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share out
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leave
separate
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split
- Imperative of splitte.
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| Inflection for split | Singular | Plural | ||
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| {{{gender}}} | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | split | spliten | spliter | spliterna |
| Genitive | splits | splitens | spliters | spliternas |
split
- discord
- dissension
- split
- strife
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