fissility
/fɪˈsɪləti/
noun
- The quality of being easily split or divided along natural planes, especially in rocks or minerals.
- The rock's fissility allowed it to be split into flat slabs for roofing.
- The fissility of shale makes it easy to break into thin layers.
- Geologists study the fissility of slate to understand how it was formed.
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