absciss
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscindō (“cut asunder”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.sɪs/
- Rhymes: -æbsɪs
Noun edit
absciss (plural abscisses)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from abscission.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈsɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈsɪs/
- Rhymes: -ɪs
Verb edit
absciss (third-person singular simple present abscisses, present participle abscissing, simple past and past participle abscissed)
- (transitive) To cut off by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
- (intransitive) To separate (as a leaf from a twig) by abscission. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
Translations edit
to cut off by abscission
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to separate by abscission
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absciss”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.