abscission (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

The act or process of cut off, cutting off.
(lb, en, obsolete) The state of being cut off. (defdate, Attested only in the mid 17^th century.)
(lb, en, rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
(lb, en, botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole. (defdate, First attested in the late 19^th century.)