abscission

English

Etymology

From Latin abscissiō, from abscindō (“I cut, I tear”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈsɪ.ʒn̩/

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Noun

Examples (rhetoric)
He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.

abscission (countable and uncountable, plural abscissions)

1. The act or process of cutting off.
   • 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:

     Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.

2. (obsolete) The state of being cut off. [Attested only in the mid 17^th century.]
3. (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
4. (botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]

Usage notes

Not to be confused with abscision, which is defined only as the first sense.

Derived terms

• abscissional
• abscission layer
• abscission zone

 

Related terms

• abscise
• abscisic
• abscisic acid
• abscisin, abscissin

Translations

act of cutting off

• Catalan: abscisió (ca) f
• Dutch: afsnijden (nl) n
• Greek: εκτομή (el) f (ektomí)
• Malayalam: അബ്സിഷൻ (absiṣaṉ)
• Portuguese: abscisão f
• Romanian: absciziune (ro) f
• Spanish: abscisión (es) f

abrupt stop of speech

• Dutch: afbreken (nl) n
• Portuguese: abscisão f

natural separation of a part of a plant

• Catalan: abscisió (ca) f
• Dutch: abscissie f
• Hebrew: שַׁלֶּכֶת (he) f (shaléchet)
• Portuguese: abscisão f

Anagrams

• abscisions

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.si.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

abscission f (plural abscissions)

1. (botany) abscission

Further reading

• “abscission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.