Split

split

Tenpin bowling a formation of the pins after the first bowl in which there is a large gap between two pins or groups of pins

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Split

a port and resort in W Croatia on the Adriatic: remains of the palace of Diocletian (295--305). Pop.: 188 000 (2005 est.)

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Split

A cleft in a piece of wood that goes all the way through the member.

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What does it mean when you dream about splitting?

To break apart from or be broken apart, perhaps referring to a relationship or a partnership. This may bring relief, or the dreamer may be experiencing separation anxieties.

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split

[split]

(computer science)

To divide a data base, file, or other data set into two or more separate parts.

(geology)

A coal seam that cannot be mined as a single unit because it is separated by a parting of other sedimentary rock. Also known as coal split; split coal.

(mining engineering)

To divide the air current into separate circuits to ventilate more than one section of the mine.

Any division or branch of the ventilating current.

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split

split, 3

1. A rupture in a built-up roof membrane, resulting from tensile stresses.

2. A crack that extends completely through a piece of wood or wood veneer.

3. A brick cut lengthwise, in two pieces, parallel to the wide face of the brick, so that it is half as thick; also called scone.

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Split

 

a city and port in Yugoslavia, in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea. Population, 158,000 (1974). Yugoslavia’s second largest port, after Rijeka, in goods turnover (1.8 million tons in 1972) and largest in passenger traffic (more than 1.4 million persons annually).

Together with neighboring population centers, Split forms a major industrial hub of the country. Industries include shipbuilding, textile manufacture, chemical production, food processing, and cement production (about half of Yugoslavia’s cement output). The city has a hydroelectric power plant. Split is the site of a research institute of biology and oceanography. It has marine, archaeological, and ethnographic museums. The Art Gallery, primarily housing Yugoslav art, and the Mestrovic Gallery are also located in the city. Split is a tourist and health resort.

Split’s architectural monuments include the Roman palace of Diocletian (c. A.D. 300), whose layout is based on that of a military camp. The palace complex includes administration buildings, outbuildings, the mausoleum of Diocletian (converted into a cathedral in the Middle Ages), and the temple of Jupiter (converted into a baptistery in the Middle Ages). Numerous examples of Gothic, Renaissance, and baroque architecture have been preserved in Split’s medieval section, which includes the palace area and the region west of the palace.

REFERENCES

Keckemet, D. Bíbliografija o Splitu, vols. 1–2. Split, 1955–56.

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Split

 

a layer of dermis obtained by splitting, that is, separating into layers, a hide during the manufacture of leather. Splits are classified as grain, middle, or flesh. Thin grain splits are used in producing haberdashery leather and the leather used for camera cases. Thicker grain splits and middle splits are used in footwear. Flesh splits are used to make velour for footwear and clothing, as well as the chrome-tanned leather used in shoe uppers and the Russia leather, which have artificial grains. Small splits and trimmings are used in making technical-grade gelatin, glue, and other products of collagen dissolution.

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