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split·ting
(splĭt′ĭng)adj.
Very severe: a splitting headache.
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splitting
(ˈsplɪtɪŋ)adj
1. (Pathology) (of a headache) intolerably painful; acute
2. (Pathology) (of the head) assailed by an overpowering unbearable pain
n
(Psychoanalysis) psychoanal the Freudian defence mechanism in which an object or idea (or, alternatively, the ego) is separated into two or more parts in order to remove its threatening meaning
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| Adj. | 1. | splitting - resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" cacophonic, cacophonous - having an unpleasant sound; "as cacophonous as a henyard"- John McCarten |
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splitting
[ˈsplɪtɪŋ]A. ADJ [headache] → terrible
B. N splitting of the atom → desintegración f del átomo
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split·ting
n. fragmentación; desdoblamiento.
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