splitter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [ˈsplɪɾɚ] (General-American)
- /ˈsplɪtɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English split Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English splitter From split + -er.
Meanings
- A person or a thing that splits.
- A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
- A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
- (colloquial) A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
- A split-finger fastball.
- A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
- (US) A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
- One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
- A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
- A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| splitters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
lumper (antonym(s) of “one who prefers to split categories”)
Coordinates
Deriveds
Y-splitter · splittercore · hairsplitter · beam splitter · Splitters Creek · thumb splitter · splitterism · hair-splitter · skull splitter · middle splitter · log splitter · sidesplitter · splitter bus
Hyponyms
Synonyms
sash (GUI)
Translations (2)
cs rozdvojka (A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.) · es adaptador divisor (A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.)