Cleavage in general refers to a division or separation of form. Its usage is heavily dependent on cultural context, where it may refer to:
- Partial exposure of part of the body:
- Cleavage (breasts), partial exposure of the separation between a woman's breasts. Cleavage is the cleft created by the partial exposure of a woman's Breasts, especially when exposed by low-cut clothing
- Cleavage enhancement, methods of making a person's breast cleavage look better than it really is. Cleavage enhancement encompasses a range of techniques used temporarily to improve the appearance of a person's breast cleavage or to create the illusion of breast cleavage on
- Buttock cleavage
- Toe cleavage
- Cleavage (crystal), in mineralogy and materials science, is a process of splitting a single crystal. Buttock cleavage is minor exposure of the Buttocks and the Gluteal cleft between them often because of low-slung Trousers. Toe cleavage is the partial exposure of a woman's toes in shoes that are cut low enough at the vamp. Cleavage, in Mineralogy, is the tendency of crystalline materials to split along definite planes creating smooth surfaces of which there are several named types
- Cleavage (geology), Foliation perpendicular to stress as a result of ductile deformation. Cleavage, in Geology and related disciplines describes the tendency of a Mineral or rock to break along preferred planes of weakness e. g. shales (shists)
- Cleavage (embryo), in embryology, is the division of cells in the early embryo. In Embryology, cleavage is the division of cells in the early Embryo.
- Cleavage (fiber), in optical fibers. A cleave in an Optical fiber is a deliberate controlled break intended to create a perfectly flat endface perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the fiber
- Teeth cleavage or tooth cleavage, slang for Diastema (dentistry), the gap between a person's two front teeth. Diastema is a gap or space between two Teeth. The term is most commonly applied to be an open space between the upper Incisors (front teeth
- In cell biology, the Cleavage furrow is the indentation that begins the process of cleavage, by which animal cells undergo cytokinesis. In Cell biology, the cleavage furrow is the indentation that begins the process of cleavage, by which Animal and some algal cells
- Cleavage (chemistry and biochemistry) The breaking of chemical bonds.
- Cleavage (politics) The divisions of society that cause people to vote differently
Cleavage in Political science is a concept used in voting analysis and is the division of voters into Voting blocs The preliminary assumption is that voters don’t
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