Definition of: cleavage

(klē′vij) noun
1. A cleaving or being cleft; a split; cleft; division or the manner in which a thing divides.
2. Mineral. A tendency in certain rocks or crystals to divide or split in certain directions.
3. Biol. The process of division of a fertilized ovum by which the original single cell becomes a mass of smaller cells.

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