Thesaurus: parting

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1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Part
2. v. Serving to part; dividing; separating.
3. v. Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
4. v. Departing.
5. v. Admitting of being parted; partible.
6. n. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
7. n. A separation; a leave-taking.
8. n. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
9. n. The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
10. n. The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
11. n. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
12. n. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
13. n. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.