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Dictionary: part·ing   (pär'tĭng) pronunciation
 
n.
    1. The act or process of separating or dividing.
    2. The state of being separated or divided.
  1. A departure or leave-taking.
adj.

Given, received, or done on departing or separating: a parting gift.

idiom:

parting of the ways

  1. A point of divergence, especially one of great moment.


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noun

  1. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, partition, separation, severance, split. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.
  2. A separation of two or more people: adieu, farewell, good-bye, leave-taking, valediction. See approach/retreat.

adjective

    Of, done, given, or said on departing: departing, farewell, good-bye, valedictory. See approach/retreat.

 
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adj

Definition: farewell
Antonyms: greeting, introductory

n

Definition: goodbye, separation
Antonyms: connection, greeting, hello, introduction, joining


 

In metallurgy, the separation of gold and silver by chemical or electrochemical means. Gold and silver are often extracted together from the same ores or recovered as by-products from the extraction of other metals. A solid mixture of the two, known as bullion or doré, can be parted by boiling in nitric acid. The silver is dissolved as silver nitrate, leaving a gold residue that is filtered off and washed; silver is precipitated out of solution by adding ferrous sulfate. This is the traditional method used in assaying the content of gold and silver samples.

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Geological Glossary: Parting
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A smooth fracture in minerals that looks like a cleavage but takes place only in certain planes in the crystal, not between any set of atoms, like cleavage. The planes along which parting takes place seem to be planes along which a row of atoms lie in a twinned position, and for this reason the bonding along that particular plane is weaker. Parting that looks like cleavage is particularly common in corundum.


 
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afsked, skilning, sprængning
adj. - afskeds-

idioms:

  • parting shot    afskedssalut

Nederlands (Dutch)
afscheid, scheiding, laatste

Français (French)
n. - séparation, (GB) raie
adj. - d'adieu (mots, cadeau) (iro)

idioms:

  • parting shot    flèche du Parthe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abschied, Trennung, Scheitel
adj. - scheidend

idioms:

  • parting shot    Schlußbemerkung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (απο)χωρισμός, αποχώρηση, αναχώρηση, (Βρετ.) χωρίστρα

idioms:

  • parting shot    πάρθιο βέλος

Italiano (Italian)
separazione, divisione, addio, congedo, distacco, partenza, riga, scriminatura

idioms:

  • parting shot    battuta finale, frecciata finale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - divisão (f), partida (f), bifurcação (f), moribundo (m)

idioms:

  • parting shot    tiro de largada

Русский (Russian)
разделение, разлука, пробор

idioms:

  • parting shot    заключительная реплика

Español (Spanish)
n. - separación, ruptura, despedida, raya del cabello
adj. - divisorio, de separación, de partida o despedida, último

idioms:

  • parting shot    último comentario o reproche

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avsked, skilsmässa, delning, bena

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
分手, 分离, 告别, 分裂, 离别的, 逝去的

idioms:

  • parting shot    临走时说的尖刻话, 临别时的敌意姿态, 回马箭

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分手, 分離, 告別, 分裂
adj. - 離別的, 逝去的

idioms:

  • parting shot    臨走時說的尖刻話, 臨別時的敵意姿態, 回馬箭

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이별, 분할, 분기점
adj. - 떠나가는, 이별의, 분할하는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 別れ, 告別, 分離, 分け目, 分岐点, 分かれ目
adj. - 別れの, 去って行く

idioms:

  • parting shot    最後の一矢, 捨てぜりふ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انصراف, رحيل, مفترق, موت, فاصل, محتضر, قاسم, وداعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרידה, שעת פרידה, פסוקת (בשיער), שבילה, הפרדה‬
adj. - ‮נעשה, קורה, נפרד לשלום, עוזב, מת, מחלק‬


 
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