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'''Cleavage''' in general refers to a division or separation of form. Its usage is heavily dependent on cultural context, where it may refer to:
*Partial exposure of part of the body:
**[[Cleavage (breasts)]], partial exposure of the separation between a woman's breasts.
***[[Cleavage enhancement]], methods of making a person's breast cleavage look better than it really is.
**[[Buttock cleavage]]
**[[Toe cleavage]]
*[[Cleavage (crystal)]], in mineralogy and materials science, is a process of splitting a single crystal.
*[[Cleavage (geology)]], Foliation perpendicular to stress as a result of ductile deformation. e.g. shales (shists)
*[[Cleavage (embryo)]], in embryology, is the division of cells in the early embryo.
*[[Cleavage (fiber)]], in optical fibers.
*Teeth cleavage or tooth cleavage, slang for [[Diastema (dentistry)]], the gap between a person's two front teeth.
*In cell biology, the [[Cleavage furrow]] is the indentation that begins the process of cleavage, by which animal cells undergo cytokinesis.
*[[Cleavage (chemistry and biochemistry)]] The breaking of chemical bonds.
*[[Cleavage (politics)]] The divisions of society that cause people to vote differently
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