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Meanings of splitter in English

A taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics.

A laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences.

Usage of splitter in English
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The experimenter then chooses to add or remove the second beam splitter.
Wired
2
The prize of Indian Creek, a true splitter, demands flawlessly efficient technique.
Climbing Magazine
3
Nearby, a laser splitter on the river-cut cliff is a great consolation.
Climbing Magazine
4
It's a beautiful splitter that goes everywhere from fingertips to cupped hands.
Climbing Magazine
5
There is some splitter sandstone in the Utah desert… but not here.
Climbing Magazine
6
The Court drove fear like a wood splitter into every watchman's chest.
The last page
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Pete Whittaker Moab is a unique area because the cracks are so splitter.
Climbing Magazine
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The first pitch is a 75-foot splitter, which leads to a midway anchor.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Plus it is the most amazing splitter I have ever seen.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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There's also a dandy new front splitter and lots of meshing.
BBC
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But I always thought I could make a pitch, a splitter or something.
The Yankee Years
12
Cracks here are not the smooth, splitter cracks of Western granite.
Climbing Magazine
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The ground may be damp, but that splitter may be dry.
Climbing Magazine
14
To my left was a monster splitter that rivaled Supercrack in Indian Creek.
Climbing Magazine
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I kept climbing, leapfrogging my two pieces up the dead-vertical, 100-foot finger splitter.
Climbing Magazine
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But the route's true prize, a splitter hand crack, comes just after the start.
Climbing Magazine
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