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adjective
- 1. excellent: informal British "he is in cracking form to win this race"
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CRACKING definition: 1. extremely good: 2. a process in which large molecules of a hydrocarbon are broken down into…. Learn more.
to break something so that it does not separate, but very thin lines appear on its surface, or to become broken in this way: A stone hit the window and cracked the glass. I cracked my tooth as I fell. The walls cracked and the roof collapsed in the earthquake. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to break.
noun. 1. : a process in which relatively heavy hydrocarbons are broken up by heat into lighter products (such as gasoline) 2. US politics : a form of gerrymandering in which election districts are drawn in such a way that voters likely to support the opposing party are spread among multiple districts to dilute the power of their votes.
Cracking is a method of increasing the gasoline yield from crude oil by breaking down the larger, heavier and more complex hydrocarbon molecules into simpler and lighter molecules. Cracking is the process of breaking into smaller units, especially the process of splitting a large heavy hydrocarbon molecule into smaller, lighter components.
cracking. noun [ U ] specialized us / ˈkræk.ɪŋ / uk / ˈkræk.ɪŋ /. a process in which large molecules of a hydrocarbon are broken down into smaller molecules. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Physical & chemical processes. absorbable. absorptive. absorptive capacity.
1. : to make a very sharp explosive sound. The whip cracks through the air. 2. : to break, split, or snap apart. The statue cracked when she dropped it. 3. : fail: such as. a. : to lose control or effectiveness under pressure often used with up. The stress was so great that she started to crack up. b. : to fail in tone. His voice cracked. 4.
A crack is a very narrow gap between two things, or between two parts of a thing. Kathryn had seen him through a crack in the curtains. [ + in] Synonyms: break, chink, gap, breach More Synonyms of crack. 2. singular noun. If you open something such as a door, window, or curtain a crack, you open it only a small amount.
crack·ing. (krăk′ĭng) n. Decomposition of a complex substance by the application of steam, a catalyst, or heat, especially the breaking of petroleum molecules into shorter molecules to extract low-boiling fractions such as gasoline. adj.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use cracking in a sentence The Communist Party of China gets a bad rap for cracking down on religion.
Crack definition: to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured. See examples of CRACK used in a sentence.
