absciss

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English

Etymology 1

From Latin abscissa, feminine of abscissus, perfect passive participle of abscindō (“cut asunder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

absciss (plural abscisses)

  1. Alternative form of abscissa [1]
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Etymology 2

Back-formation from abscission.

Pronunciation

Verb

absciss (third-person singular simple present abscisses, present participle abscissing, simple past and past participle abscissed)

  1. (transitive) To cut off by abscission. [1]
  2. (intransitive) To separate (as a leaf from a twig) by abscission. [1]
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absciss”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 8.
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