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Summary

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clivage:
- fissure; splitting; cracking
Wiktionary:
- clivage → cleavage

French

Detailed Translations for clivage from French to English

clivage:

clivage [le ~] nomen

le clivage
the fissure; the splitting; the cracking
- fissure [the ~] nomen
- splitting [the ~] nomen
- cracking [the ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for clivage:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
cracking	clivage	craquement; crevasse; crépitement; fissure; fêlure; gerçure; rupture
fissure	clivage	blanc; cannelure; coupe-feu; crevasse; encoche; entaille; entrebâillement; espace; fente; fissure; gorge; gouffre; interligne; intervalle; pare-feu; pause; précipice; rainure; ravin; sillon; tranchée
splitting	clivage	bifurcation; carrefour; dénonciation; embranchement; fourche; fractionnement; jonction; point d'intersection; ramification; rapportage

Synonyms for "clivage":

division; séparation; fendage

Wiktionary Translations for clivage:

clivage

noun

chemistry: the splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones
- cleavage → clivage
the act or the state
- cleavage → clivage
mineralogy: tendency of a crystal
- cleavage → clivage