0 a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material: --
2 a small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece: --
Crystal components are dominated by thorn-shaped, inclusion-free solid volcanic quartz splinters up to 650 m in size.
Glass from the windowpanes of the log cabin shattered at each incoming volley; roof shingles splintered and some broke free, indicating heavier lead, possibly buckshot, was used.
Hundreds of sounds were intertwined into a coil of wiry noise, with single barbs projecting, sharp edges running along it and submerging again, while clear notes splintered and scattered.
The tires of the semitrucks within ourselves splintered on the hot pavement and could at last rest.
Rather, the electroacoustic community thus defined is splintered and better described as a field of power relations disjointed by diverging interests.
The emerging tensions further splintered the ceremonial veneer and led to despair.
In the same way as blend constituents, the splinters may exhibit different degrees of phonic integration.
Integrative dualism is juxtaposed to versions of dualism that depict the person and body as unduly remote and splintered.
