SPLITTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splitting mean? 

• SPLITTING (adjective)
  The adjective SPLITTING has 1 sense:

1. resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

  Familiarity information: SPLITTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLITTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

Synonyms:

rending; ripping; splitting

Context example:

heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward

Similar:

cacophonic; cacophonous (having an unpleasant sound)

 Context examples 

Among these woods there must be many loud cracks from splitting or falling trees which would be just like the sound of a gun.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“That both of you are hair-splitting,” I said.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This addition often involves the splitting or cleavage of the molecule.

(Hydrolysis, NCI Thesaurus)

You'll have a splitting headache tomorrow, if you drink much of that.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The reduction of a chemical compound to one less complex, as by splitting off one or more groups.

(Degradation, NCI Thesaurus)

They are also preparing other structures capable of using light to perform chemical reactions, such as the splitting of water into hydrogen and oxygen.

(Plastic crystals hold key to record-breaking energy transport, Universities of Cambridge)

Solar-driven water splitting is a promising route towards a renewable energy-based economy.

(Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production, National Science Foundation)

A splitting open of an anatomical structure, zone, or organ with the exposure or discharge of its content.

(Dehiscence, NCI Thesaurus)

You will have another jewel of a day coming earlier in the month, not quite as dramatic (although I admit, I am splitting hairs here).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Before dispersants can be applied, light energy from the sun immediately begins to break chemical bonds in oil compounds — splitting off atoms or chemical chains and creating openings for oxygen to attach.

(Sunlight reduces effectiveness of dispersants used to clean up oil spills, National Science Foundation)