cleavage
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Cleavage planes are smooth, flat, parallel planes within the crystal.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Cleavage planes may show as multiple parallel cracks or flat surfaces on the crystal.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Cleavage arises in crystals where the atomic bonds between atomic layers are weaker along some directions than others, meaning they will break preferentially along these planes.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Extended Data Figure 7: Cleavage of the C-terminal ADP-ribosyltransferase domain and in vivo intoxication with wild-type and mutant TcC.
From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014
Cleavage is believed to have been caused by compression, such as the rocks might well be subjected to during great movements of the earth's crust.
From Geology by Geikie, James
Vocabulary lists containing cleavage
Earth Science - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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Earth Science - High School
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