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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Split \Split\, a.
     1. Divided; cleft.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Divided deeply; cleft.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Exchanges)
        (a) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time
            or price and part at another time or price; -- said of
            an order, sale, etc.
        (b) Of quotations, given in sixteenth, quotations in
            eighths being regular; as, 103/16 is a split
            quotation.
        (c) (London Stock Exchange) Designating ordinary stock
            that has been divided into preferred ordinary and
            deferred ordinary.
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc.
  
     Split pin (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may
        be spread open to secure it in its place.
  
     Split pulley, a parting pulley. See under Pulley.
  
     Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends
        which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be
        strung upon the ring or removed from it.
  
     Split ticket, a ballot in which a voter votes for a portion
        of the candidates nominated by one party, candidates of
        other parties being substituted for those omitted. [U.S.]
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Split \Split\, a.
     1. Divided; cleft.
  
     2. (Bot.) Divided deeply; cleft.
  
     Split pease, hulled pease split for making soup, etc.
  
     Split pin (Mach.), a pin with one end split so that it may
        be spread open to secure it in its place.
  
     Split pulley, a parting pulley. See under Pulley.
  
     Split ring, a ring with overlapped or interlocked ends
        which may be sprung apart so that objects, as keys, may be
        strung upon the ring or removed from it.
  
     Split ticket, a ballot containing the names of only a
        portion of the candidates regularly nominated by one
        party, other names being substituted for those omitted.
        [U.S.]

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  split ring /splˈɪt ɹˈɪŋ/
  kulcskarika

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