schisma

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schisma

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

noun schismas · skhisma

A very small interval equal to half a comma.

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@misc{schisma_2026,
  title = {schisma},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schisma},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}