Meaning Of Parting

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Part

v.

Serving to part; dividing; separating.

v.

Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.

v.

Departing.

v.

Admitting of being parted; partible.

n.

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.

n.

A separation; a leave-taking.

n.

A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.

n.

The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.

n.

The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

n.

A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

n.

The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

n.

Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.