A logical process of elimination by eliminating successively all of the inapplicable cases.

The act or process of cutting off. / (obsolete) The state of being cut off. / (rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly

plural of abscission

plural of abscission zone

plural of abscissio infiniti

plural of abscission layer

(botany) A layer of cells in a plant that differ from those above and below, and contain abundant starch and dense cytoplasm, which upon disorganization, begin the process of abscission, or the natural separation of the leaf from the rest of the plant.

(botany) The area in a plant's leaf, stem, or fruit stalk, where the abscission layer if formed along with weakened sclerenchyma, absent collenchyma, and dense cytoplasm.

Relating to abscission