parting

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Part Source: opted

2. v. Serving to part; dividing; separating. Source: opted

3. v. Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute. Source: opted

4. v. Departing. Source: opted

5. v. Admitting of being parted; partible. Source: opted

6. n. The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation. Source: opted

7. n. A separation; a leave-taking. Source: opted

8. n. A surface or line of separation where a division occurs. Source: opted

9. n. The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section. Source: opted

10. n. The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button. Source: opted

11. n. A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam. Source: opted

12. n. The breaking, as of a cable, by violence. Source: opted

13. n. Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae. Source: opted

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