English Explanatory Dictionary

schisma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A very small interval equal to half a comma.

Word forms

schisma schismas skhisma

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “cleft, division”), whence the orthographic borrowing skhisma. Doublet of schism.

Derived words

schismatic temperament
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