fissure : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fissure	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fissure
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fissure n a long narrow depression in a surface [syn: crevice, cranny, crack, fissure, chap] a long narrow opening Synonym(s): crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes v break into fissures or fine cracks
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, n. [L. fissura, fr. findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to E. bite: cf. F. fissure.] A narrow opening, made by the parting of any substance; a cleft; as, the fissure of a rock. {Cerebral fissures} (Anat.), the furrows or clefts by which the surface of the cerebrum is divided; esp., the furrows first formed by the infolding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. {Fissure needle} (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. --Knight. {Fissure of rolando} (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum. {Fissure of Sylvius} (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the frontal from the temporal lobe. See Illust. under {Brain}. {Fissure vein} (Mining), a crack in the earth's surface filled with mineral matter. --Raymond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fissure \Fis"sure\, v. t. To cleave; to divide; to crack or fracture.