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extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back) a bottle containing half the usual amount a promised or claimed share of loot or money; "he demanded his split before they disbanded" a lengthwise crack in wood; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" rip: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts divide: separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl; "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame" cleave: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" separate: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" being divided or separated; "split between love and hate" rent: the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" separate: go one's own way; move apart; "The friends separated after the party" disconnected: having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" burst: break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble burst" schism: division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain; "we bought split logs for the fireplace"
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| splitting |
rending: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward"
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| split personality |
a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge
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| split |
The procedure to increase the number of outstanding shares in a corporation without any change in the shareholders' equity or the aggregate market value at the time of the split. In a split up, the share price declines. For example, in a 2 for 1 split, the number of outstanding shares is doubled, and the price per share is cut in half.
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| split gene |
An interrupted gene.
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