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Meanings of fissure in English

Portuguese
fenda
Catalan
esberla
Spanish
rendija

A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.

      fenda

      A deep, steep-sided rift.

            Usage of fissure in English
            1
            The Path was in Ireland, a fissure in the cliff at Fairhead.
            Kenny
            2
            The superomedial major fissure manifests as a short, obliquely oriented straight line.
            Pubmed
            3
            In 67 the great longitudinal fissure was traversed by the bullet obliquely.
            Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
            4
            Another attack came from the side where the original fissure had been.
            Surface detail
            5
            The next blow opened the fissure and detached the block of rock.
            Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
            6
            The fissure may be incomplete or absent, complicating identification of various diseases.
            Pubmed
            7
            White steam rose from the cracks and fissure of the heated granaries.
            The Bastonnais / Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775...
            8
            How far ahead the fissure extended he could form no idea yet.
            Daughter of the Sun / A Tale of Adventure
            9
            Yet the top showed no evidence of a widening of the fissure.
            The Trail of the White Mule
            10
            As he spoke, there was a sound of voices in the fissure.
            The Heart of the Desert / Kut-Le of the Desert
            11
            The coalesced vent of the Fimmvörðuháls fissure eruption in late March 2010.
            Wired
            12
            There were no means of retreat in face of that amazing fissure.
            The Heart of Unaga
            13
            Leoman practised with his morningstars at the widest point of the cave-fissure.
            Orb Sceptre Throne
            14
            Usually the smooth rock slopes down to the fissure on either side.
            Canyons of the Colorado
            15
            The region had been named after a fissure in the limestone cliffs.
            Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
            16
            They powered down the fissure towards the unreal light of the core.
            Surface detail
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            Translations for fissure
            Spanish
            rendija
            Fissure through the time
            Fissure across language varieties
            United States of America
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