hendidos

Hendidos is the masculine plural form of the Spanish adjective hendido, meaning cracked, split, or fissured. In technical Spanish, hendido describes objects that bear natural fractures or intentional divisions along planes of weakness, including rocks, minerals, pottery, and architectural elements. The feminine plural is hendidas, and the phrase un hendido is rarely used as a noun; typically the adjective modifies a noun (piedras hendidas, rocas hendidas).

Usage and context: The term appears in geology, gemology, archaeology, and construction literature to indicate surfaces or bodies with visible fractures, cleavages, or fissures. It can refer to materials that have fractured during formation, transport, or processing, as well as to deliberately split components in manufacturing or restoration contexts.

Translations and equivalents: In English, hendidos is usually translated as cracked, fractured, or cleaved. The term provides a concise description in Spanish-language sources, but English-language texts often use more general descriptors such as “cracked rocks” or “fractured stones.”

Origin and related terms: Hendido derives from the verb hendir, to split or crack. Related terms include hendidura (fissure), hendido/a as an adjectival form, and broader concepts such as fracture and cleavage used in material science.

See also: fracture, fissure, cleavage, crack propagation. Notes: Hendidos is primarily a term in Spanish-language technical writing; English-language discussions typically rely on broader descriptors rather than this specific form.