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/klɛft/

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noun

Fente, fissure

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. "

Le randonneur a prudemment enjambé la fente dans le rocher, craignant de tomber.

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noun

Fente, fissure

A piece made by splitting.

Examples :

"a cleft of wood"

Une fente dans le bois.

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noun

Crevasse, gale de cheval

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

Examples :

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

Le vétérinaire a diagnostiqué une gale de cheval sur le paturon du cheval.

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verb

Fendre

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." "

C'est la pluie qui a fendu nos projets de pique-nique en deux, nous forçant à rester à l'intérieur.

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verb

Fendre, couper

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

Examples :

"The wings cleaved the foggy air."

Les ailes fendaient l'air brumeux.

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verb

Clivage

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. "

Le joaillier a soigneusement pratiqué le clivage du cristal de diamant brut le long de son plan naturel pour révéler son éclat intérieur.

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verb

Fendre, couper

To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.

Examples :

"The truck cleaved a path through the ice."

Le camion a fendu un chemin à travers la glace.

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verb

Clivé, scinder

To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.

Examples :

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

L'enzyme a clivé la grosse molécule de sucre en deux sucres plus petits et plus facilement digestibles.

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verb

Fendre, fêler

Examples :

"The carpenter cleft the log with an axe. "

Le charpentier fendit la bûche avec une hache.

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verb

Se cliver

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

Examples :

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

Le géologue a soigneusement clivé le cristal de quartz le long de sa fente naturelle.

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adjective

Fendu, divisé

Split, divided, or partially divided into two.

Examples :

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

L'alpiniste a navigué avec précaution sur la face fendue de la montagne.

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