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单词 fissiparous
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Definition of fissiparous in English:

fissiparous

adjective fɪˈsɪp(ə)rəsfiˈsipərəs
  • 1Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups.

    有分裂倾向的;分裂的

    the fissiparous tendencies innate in tribalism
    she was unsuccessful in holding a fissiparous membership together
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His coalition is broad and fissiparous, and the communists, who were the ruin of his last government, made a strong showing.
    • Despite their fissiparous tendencies, they spread steadily.
    • During the past two weeks, the Union of the Parliaments has become more fissiparous than at any time since 1707.
    • We have too many fissiparous tendencies in the two countries to take risks.
    • There are clear limits to what voluntary organizations can do to remedy the fissiparous tendencies of an inherently selfish capitalism.
    1. 1.1Biology (of an organism) reproducing by fission.
      〔生〕(有机体)分裂生殖的,裂殖的
      small fissiparous worms

      裂殖的小蠕虫。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Regeneration has been entrained to complete an asexual life cycle in fissiparous and comet-forming starfish.
      • It is noted that fissiparous and cometforming starfish have entrained the regeneration pathway into their life cycle.

Derivatives

  • fissiparity

  • noun-ˈparɪti
  • fissiparously

  • adverb
  • fissiparousness

  • noun

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin fissus, past participle of findere 'split', on the pattern of viviparous.

Definition of fissiparous in US English:

fissiparous

adjectivefiˈsipərəs
  • 1Inclined to cause or undergo division into separate parts or groups.

    有分裂倾向的;分裂的

    she was unsuccessful in holding a fissiparous membership together
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite their fissiparous tendencies, they spread steadily.
    • During the past two weeks, the Union of the Parliaments has become more fissiparous than at any time since 1707.
    • We have too many fissiparous tendencies in the two countries to take risks.
    • There are clear limits to what voluntary organizations can do to remedy the fissiparous tendencies of an inherently selfish capitalism.
    • His coalition is broad and fissiparous, and the communists, who were the ruin of his last government, made a strong showing.
    1. 1.1Biology (of an organism) reproducing by fission.
      〔生〕(有机体)分裂生殖的,裂殖的
      small fissiparous worms

      裂殖的小蠕虫。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Regeneration has been entrained to complete an asexual life cycle in fissiparous and comet-forming starfish.
      • It is noted that fissiparous and cometforming starfish have entrained the regeneration pathway into their life cycle.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin fissus, past participle of findere ‘split’, on the pattern of viviparous.

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