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# splitter

noun (a splitter, splitters)

«splitter» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A device or tool that splits something, like a log splitter or a cable splitter that lets one signal go to two machines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#m1)
2. (UK, informal) A person who leaves a group or party to form a new one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#m2)
3. (informal) In sorting and naming things, a splitter divides them into many small groups (opposite: a lumper). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#m3)
4. (cricket, baseball) A type of throw or bowl that makes the ball drop or move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a headphone splitter lets two people listen to one device; a log splitter chops firewood. In science, «lumpers and splitters» argue about how many species there are. In politics news, «splitters» break away from a party.

### Examples

- We used a headphone splitter to share the music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x1)
- Grandad uses a log splitter to chop wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x2)
- The TV splitter sends the signal to two rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x3)
- The splitters left the party and started their own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x4)
- Some scientists are lumpers; others are splitters who name many species. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x5)
- He pitched a splitter and struck out the batter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/#x6)

### Note

Countable; from «split» (double t). In plumbing and electronics it's a common shop word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «splitter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/splitter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«splitter» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/splitter.html) on Mova free.