fissility
English
noun
Definitions
- The quality of being fissile.
- (geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.
Etymology
Suffix from English fissile.
Origin
English
fissile
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fissile English
- nonfissile English
- *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European