splitter

noun — 10 senses

splitter

noun

UK /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈsplɪtɚ/

Etymology From split + -er.

10 senses
  1. 1A person or a thing that splits.
  2. 2A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.
  3. 3A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
  4. 4A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to…
  5. 5A split-finger fastball.
  6. 6A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust…
  7. 7A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
  8. 8One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
  9. 9A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an…
  10. 10A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle…
1

A person or a thing that splits.

2

A wedge used to cut logs down the middle.

3

A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.

4

Colloquial A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.

5

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A split-finger fastball.

6

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.

7

US A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.

8

One who splits hairs in argument, etc.

9

A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

10

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

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