Cleavage
Cleavage noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Usage example: the cleavages of an egg as an embryo develops
Fractionation and cleavage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fractionation" instead a noun "Cleavage".
Fractionation
Fractionation noun - The act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces.
Usage example: originally conceived as one novel, The Lord of the Rings underwent a fractionation into a trilogy when its publisher feared it was too massive to sell as a single volume
Cleavage and fractionation are semantically related. You can use "Cleavage" instead a noun "Fractionation".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- division and cleavage
- division and fractionation
- partition and cleavage
- partition and fractionation
- separation and cleavage
- separation and fractionation
- severance and cleavage
- severance and fractionation
- breach and cleavage
- breach and fractionation
- split and cleavage
- split and fractionation
- disunion and cleavage
- disunion and fractionation
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Fractionation and Cleavage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleavage/fractionation
Cleavage & Fractionation. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleavage/fractionation>.
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