Parting

Definition:

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Part
(v.) Serving to part; dividing; separating.
(v.) Given when departing; as, a parting shot; a parting salute.
(v.) Departing.
(v.) Admitting of being parted; partible.
(n.) The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; division; separation.
(n.) A separation; a leave-taking.
(n.) A surface or line of separation where a division occurs.
(n.) The surface of the sand of one section of a mold where it meets that of another section.
(n.) The separation and determination of alloys; esp., the separation, as by acids, of gold from silver in the assay button.
(n.) A joint or fissure, as in a coal seam.
(n.) The breaking, as of a cable, by violence.
(n.) Lamellar separation in a crystallized mineral, due to some other cause than cleavage, as to the presence of twinning lamellae.