(dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.

(nonstandard or archaic) simple past tense and past participle of split.

Alternative spelling of earsplitting

(idiomatic) the act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.

plural of splitting field

(algebra, Galois theory) (of a polynomial) Given a polynomial p over a field K, the smallest extension field L of K such that p, as a polynomial over L, decomposes into linear factors (polynomials of degree 1); (of a set of polynomials) given a set P of polynomials over K, the smallest extension field of K over which every polynomial in P decomposes into linear factors.

Synonym of heart-rending

plural of Heegaard splitting

The decomposition of a 3-manifold as two handlebodies unioned along their boundaries.

Alternative form of sidesplitting