Definition of "parting" in английский

noun

1. The act of parting or dividing; division; separation.

2. The state of being parted.

3. A farewell, the act of departing politely.

4. (British) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions.

5. (founding) The surface of the sand of one section of a mould where it meets that of another section.

6. (chemistry) The separation and determination of alloys; especially, the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.

7. (geology) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.

8. (nautical) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.

9. (mineralogy) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of part