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Gravity's favorite argument for why necklines exist.

means The visible division between a woman's breasts as shown by a low neckline, or more generally, a split between two parts of something.

from From Old English 'cleofan,' meaning to split or divide, the same root that gives us 'cleave' — a wonderfully two-faced word that means both 'to split apart' and 'to cling together.' The geological sense came first (rocks cleaving along a plane), and the anatomical sense arrived later, borrowing that same idea of a visible dividing line.

geology term too
rocks have cleavage, splitting along weak planes
fashion timeline
roared back in 1950s Hollywood, scandalized censors
diamond cutting
cleavage is how gem cutters split crystals precisely
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