CELLULAR DIVISION Synonyms

• the state of being split or cleft

• the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules

• (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

• the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)

• the act of cleaving or splitting

• reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

• a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

• (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)

• understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

• cell division in which the nucleus divides into nuclei containing the same number of chromosomes

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

• (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• divide into parts, pieces, or sections

• separate or apportion into sections

• growth by the rapid multiplication of parts

• a rapid increase in number (especially a rapid increase in the number of deadly weapons)

• the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions

• the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

• the movement of a wave through a medium

• the act of making copies

• (genetics) the process whereby DNA makes a copy of itself before cell division

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer

• the repetition of a sound resulting from reflection of the sound waves

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• the repetition of an experiment in order to test the validity of its conclusion

• the process of generating offspring

• recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

• the act of making copies

• the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

• (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

• the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells