Definition
Plural of cleavage: the act or line of splitting; a separation into groups or factions; or in geology, the natural tendency of minerals to split along specific planes.
Etymology
From 'cleave' (to split) from Old English 'cleofan,' plus '-age' suffix denoting action or result. The word has multiple meanings that developed over time across different fields.
Kelly Says
Political cleavages—the deep dividing lines in society—are just as real as the cleavages in diamond crystals; both determine which way things naturally break apart when pressure is applied.
Translations
CACatalà
fissures
fee-syoohr
CSČeština
praskliny
pras-kli-ny
DEDeutsch
Spalten
shpal-ten
ELΕλληνικά
κοιλώματα
koi-lo-ma-ta
ESEspañol
fisuras
fee-soo-ras
FAفارسی
شکستگی
shek-kas-ti
FISuomi
halkeamat
hal-kea-mat
FRFrançais
fissures
fee-syoohr
HEעברית
פיצוצים
fit-tsot-im
HIहिन्दी
झरझराहट
jhar-jhar-a-hat
IDBahasa Indonesia
belah
be-lah
ITItaliano
fessure
feh-ssoo-reh
MSBahasa Melayu
belah
be-lah
NLNederlands
scheuren
shey-ren
NONorsk
sprekker
sprek-ker
PLPolski
pęknięcia
pehn-knyet-sya
PTPortuguês
fissuras
fee-soo-ras
RORomână
fisuri
fee-soo-ree
RUРусский
трещины
treh-shchi-ny
SVSvenska
sprickor
spri-kor
SWKiswahili
nyufa
nyoo-fa
TAதமிழ்
அடர்த்தி
a-da-r-thi
TEతెలుగు
విరిగిపోవడం
vi-ri-gi-po-va-dam
TRTürkçe
yarıklar
ya-ri-klar
UKУкраїнська
тріщини
try-shchy-ny