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cleavability

/klˌivəbˈɪlᵻɾi/ noun

Quality or degree of being cleavable.

Word Origin From 'cleave' (to split), from Proto-Germanic 'kleubaną' (to split), with -able and -ity — literally 'splittability'. The same root gives us 'cleaver' (a butcher's knife), 'cleavage' (a split), and 'cloven' (split). Interestingly, there's another 'cleave' meaning to cling, from a different root.

noun Quality or degree of being cleavable. countable

The cleavability of mica allows it to be split into thin, transparent sheets.

(名词) 可劈性

云母的可裂性使其能够分裂成薄而透明的片状。

(sustantivo) Cualidad o grado de ser escindible.

La escindibilidad de la mica permite dividirla en láminas delgadas y transparentes.

(nom) clivabilité; aptitude au clivage [Propriété d'un matériau à se fendre ou se cliver selon des plans préférentiels pour former des feuillets minces.]

Le clivage du mica permet de le diviser en fines feuilles transparentes.

(Substantiv) Spaltbarkeit [Eigenschaft oder Grad der Spaltbarkeit eines Materials, insbesondere die Fähigkeit, sich entlang bestimmter Ebenen leicht trennen zu lassen.]

Die **Cleavability** von Glimmer ermöglicht es, ihn in dünne, durchsichtige Plättchen zu spalten.

(名詞) 劈開（へきかい）できる性質や程度。特定の面に沿って裂ける可能性。

雲母の劈開性により、薄く透明なシートに分割することができる。

(substantivo) clivabilidade; divisibilidade [Qualidade ou grau de ser clivável.]

A clivabilidade da mica permite que ela seja dividida em lâminas finas e transparentes.

Synonyms: fissility separability splitability divisibility scissibility Antonyms: uncleavability indivisibility non-cleavability
Word parts: cleav + able + ity

Related words

cleavage cleaver cloven

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