Literary notes about abscission (AI summary)
The term "abscission" is employed in literature to denote a deliberate or natural act of separation or detachment, often signifying transformation or the culmination of a process. In one context, it marks the completion of a ritualistic change, as seen in the ceremonial removal of hair prior to shaving [1]. In a biological setting, the word illustrates the remarkable ability of organisms to survive even after a significant body part breaks away, such as the frog enduring the detachment of its head [2]. It is also used in botanical descriptions to explain the process where protective layers, like shucks or hulls, split open to release the nuts [3] or in reference to the formation of protective layers in leaves before growth ceases [4]. Expanding its scope further, "abscission" even appears in astronomical discourse, metaphorically describing the separation of one planet from another [5].
- Before he can become a novice he has to undergo the hair-abscission ceremony, followed by shaving every fort-night (as before described).
— from Buddhism, in Its Connexion with Brahmanism and Hinduism, and in Its Contrast with Christianity by Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir - The Frog is extremely tenacious of life, and often survives the abscission of its head for several hours.
— from Mrs. Loudon's Entertaining Naturalist Being popular descriptions, tales, and anecdotes of more than Five Hundred Animals. by Mrs. (Jane) Loudon - Abscission layers are formed and shucks, hulls, or burs split open on drying out, thus partially or wholly releasing the nuts.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Reportat Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 - It was apparent that this early freeze came before the abscission layers were formed in the leaf bases or growth matured.
— from Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Reportat Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 - Abscission of a planet , its being outstripped by another, which joins a third one before it.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth
