plural of split-up

(dated) timber sawn into lengths and then split

An electric dynamometer having two coils arranged so that one carries the primary current, and the other the secondary current, of a transformer.

(engineering) A key split at one end like a split pin, for the same purpose. / (computing) A key value used to identify where to split the children of a parent node in a B-tree or similar data structure.

A form of backstitch in which the needle comes up through the strands of the previous stitch.

Synonym of point switch

Synonym of split pulley

Alternative form of fee splitting

(business) The practice, usually of questionable ethicality, by some professionals, such as medical doctors and lawyers, of sending a client to a second practitioner for an additional consultation in order to obtain another payment from the client or from his or her insurer, and in return for which the original practitioner receives a portion of the payment made to the second practitioner (a "commission" or "piece of the action").

In a financial transaction, to settle on an amount midway between the offer and the asking price.