1. the process of developing cracks or splits

1. present participle of fissure; developing or causing cracks or splits

Examples

• The fissuring of the rock face made climbing dangerous.
• Drought caused extensive fissuring in the clay soil.
• The old paint was fissuring along the window frame.
• Engineers studied the fissuring patterns in the concrete.
• The glacier showed signs of fissuring near its edge.
• Heat and cold cycles were fissuring the pavement.
• The fissuring process took several months to complete.