splitter
nounUK /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈsplɪtɚ/
Etymology From split + -er.
10 senses
- 1A person or a thing that splits.
- 2A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
- 3A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
- 4A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to…
- 5A split-finger fastball.
- 6A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust…
- 7A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
- 8One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
- 9A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an…
- 10A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle…
A person or a thing that splits.
A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
Colloquial A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A split-finger fastball.
Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
US A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle.
- Synonyms
- sash
- Antonyms
- lumper
- Derived terms
- beam splitter, hair-splitter, hairsplitter, log splitter, middle splitter, sidesplitter, splitter bus, splittercore, splitterism, Splitters Creek, thumb splitter, Y-splitter