splitter

== English == === Etymology === From split + -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪtə(ɹ)/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsplɪtɚ/, [ˈsplɪɾɚ] Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ) === Noun === splitter (plural splitters) 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. Hyponym: species-monger (baseball) A split-finger fastball. (graphical user interface) 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) A line segment through one of the vertices of a triangle that bisects the perimeter of the triangle. Coordinate term: cleaver ==== Synonyms ==== (GUI): sash ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “one who prefers to split categories”): lumper ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “splitter”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “splitter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “splitter”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “splitter”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. === Anagrams === triplets, pretilts, Triplets, Spittler == Danish == === Verb === splitter present of splitte == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === splitter inflection of splittern: first-person singular present singular imperative == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (inseparable in both languages). ==== Adverb ==== splitter completely, entirely splitter naken ― stark naked, starkers (UK) splitter ny ― brand new === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== splitter m indefinite plural of splitt === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== splitter present of splitte === References === “splitter” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Danish splitter- and German splitter- (used in compound form in both languages). === Adverb === splitter completely, entirely splitter naken ― stark naked, starkers (UK) splitter ny ― brand new === References === “splitter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Splitter (“splinter”). === Adverb === splitter (not comparable) utterly, totally Synonym: sprillans ==== Derived terms ==== splitt splitterny spritt === Noun === splitter n shrapnel, shard ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== splittra === References === “splitter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “splitter”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “splitter”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) splitter in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)