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/klɛft/

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noun

Spalt, Riss

An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

Examples :

"The hiker carefully stepped across the cleft in the rock, fearing he might fall. "

Der Wanderer trat vorsichtig über den Spalt im Felsen und befürchtete, dass er fallen könnte.

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noun

Spalt, Riss

A piece made by splitting.

Examples :

"a cleft of wood"

Ein Spalt im Holz.

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noun

Räude, Mauke

A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.

Examples :

"The vet diagnosed a cleft in the horse's pastern. "

Der Tierarzt diagnostizierte Mauke am Fesselkopf des Pferdes.

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verb

Spalten

To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall."

Examples :

""It was the rain that cleft our picnic plans in two, forcing us to stay inside." "

Es war der Regen, der unsere Picknickpläne in zwei Teile spaltete und uns zwang, drinnen zu bleiben.

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verb

Spalten, aufspalten

To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.

Examples :

"The wings cleaved the foggy air."

Die Flügel spalteten die neblige Luft.

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verb

Spalten

To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.

Examples :

"The jeweler carefully cleft the rough diamond crystal along its natural plane to reveal its inner brilliance. "

Der Juwelier spaltete den rauen Diamantenkristall vorsichtig entlang seiner natürlichen Ebene, um seine innere Brillanz zu offenbaren.

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verb

Spalten, aufschneiden

To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

Examples :

"The truck cleaved a path through the ice."

Der Lastwagen spaltete sich einen Weg durch das Eis.

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verb

Spalten

To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

Examples :

"The enzyme cleft the large sugar molecule into two smaller, more easily digestible sugars. "

Das Enzym spaltete das große Zuckermolekül in zwei kleinere, leichter verdauliche Zucker auf.

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verb

Spalten, aufspalten

Examples :

"The carpenter cleft the log with an axe. "

Der Zimmermann spaltete den Baumstamm mit einer Axt.

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verb

Spalten, sich spalten

Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

Examples :

"The geologist carefully cleaved the quartz crystal along its natural cleft. "

Der Geologe spaltete den Quarz-Kristall vorsichtig entlang seiner natürlichen Spaltung.

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adjective

Gespalten, geteilt

Split, divided, or partially divided into two.

Examples :

"The rock climber carefully navigated the cleft mountain face. "

Der Kletterer navigierte vorsichtig die gespaltene Bergwand.

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