Definition of parting
- p. pr. & vb. n. - of Part
- v. - Serving to part; dividing; separating.
- v. - Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting
salute.
- v. - Departing.
- v. - Admitting of being parted; partible.
- n. - The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted;
division; separation.
- n. - A separation; a leave-taking.
- n. - A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
- n. - The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it
meets that of another section.
- n. - The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the
separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
- n. - A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
- n. - The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
- n. - Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some
other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.