( v. i. )
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
( v. i. )
To become more or less completely divided, as a body under the action of forces, by the sliding of two contiguous parts relatively to each other in a direction parallel to their plane of contact.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012