splitting
/ˈsplɪtɪŋ/
noun
- The act or process of dividing something into parts.
- The splitting of the inheritance caused arguments among the siblings.
- Nuclear splitting is used to generate electricity in some power plants.
- The splitting of the company into two divisions was announced last week.
adjective
- Causing a very sharp, severe pain, especially a headache.
- The noise from the construction gave him a splitting pain behind his eyes.
- I took a nap to get rid of this splitting migraine.
- She had a splitting headache after staring at the screen all day.
- Dividing or separating into parts.
- The splitting of the atom releases a huge amount of energy.
- The splitting of the group into smaller teams helped them work faster.
- They watched the splitting of the large rock by the wedge.
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