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split British & World English

break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain

Split British & World English

a seaport on the coast of southern Croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). Founded as a Roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor Diocletian, built in about ad 300

split in split British & World English

break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain

split end British & World English

a tip of a person’s hair which has split from dryness or ill-treatment

split pea British & World English

a pea dried and split in half for cooking

split pin British & World English

a metal cotter pin with two arms passed through a hole, held in place by the springing apart of the arms

split run British & World English

a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed so as to produce different editions

split-up British & World English

an ending of a relationship or partnership; a separation

split hairs in hair British & World English

make small and overfine distinctions

side split British & World English

a split-level house with fewer storeys on one side than the other

split-brain British & World English

having the corpus callosum severed or absent, so as to eliminate the main connection between the two hemispheres of the brain

split-half British & World English

relating to or denoting a technique of splitting a body of supposedly homogeneous data into two halves and calculating the results separately for each to assess their reliability

split image British & World English

an image in a rangefinder or camera focusing system that has been bisected by optical means, the halves being aligned only when the system is in focus

split-level British & World English

(of a building) having a room or rooms higher than others by less than a whole storey

split-phase British & World English

denoting or relating to an induction motor or other device utilizing two or more voltages at different phases produced from a single-phase supply

split-rail British & World English

denoting a fence or enclosure made from pieces of wood split lengthwise from logs

split ring British & World English

a small steel ring with two spiral turns, such as a key ring

split shift British & World English

a working shift comprising two or more separate periods of duty in a day

split shot British & World English

small pellets used to weight a fishing line

stock split British & World English

an issue of new shares in a company to existing shareholders in proportion to their current holdings

banana split British & World English

a sweet dish made with bananas cut down the middle and filled with ice cream, sauce, and nuts

lickety-split British & World English

as fast as possible

reverse split British & World English

reduction in the number of a company’s traded shares that results in an increase in the par value or earnings per share

split screen British & World English

a cinema, television, or computer screen on which two or more separate images are displayed

split second British & World English

a very brief moment of time

split decision British & World English

a decision based on a majority verdict rather than on a unanimous one, especially as to the winner on points of a boxing match

split the ticket or one's vote in split British & World English

vote for candidates of more than one party

split the vote in split British & World English

(of a candidate or minority party) attract votes from another candidate or party with the result that both are defeated by a third

split infinitive British & World English

a construction consisting of an infinitive with an adverb or other word inserted between to and the verb, e.g. she seems to really like it

split the difference in split British & World English

take the average of two proposed amounts

split-personality disorder British & World English

less common term for multiple-personality disorder.

split ends in split end British & World English

a tip of a person’s hair which has split from dryness or ill-treatment

split English-French

déchirure f

split English-Italian

fessura f

split1 English-Spanish

descosido

split2 English-Spanish

rajado, partido

split pea English-German

getrocknete [halbe] Erbse

split end English-Spanish

I've got split ends

split-level English-German

mit Zwischengeschoss

split ends English-Italian

doppie punte fpl

split-level English-Spanish

en dos niveles

split second English-German

in a split second

split up English-French

se séparer

split personality English-German

gespaltene Persönlichkeit