English Explanatory Dictionary

fission

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process whereby one item splits to become two.
  2. nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
  3. The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
verb
  1. To cause to undergo fission.
  2. To undergo fission.

Pronunciation

fĭsh'ən fĭzh'ən /ˈfɪʃən/ /ˈfɪʒən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fission.wav

Word forms

fission fissions fissioning fissioned

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).

Synonyms

fissiparism

Related words

nucleomitophobia

Derived words

atomic fission binary fission cytofission fiss fissile fissionability fissionable fissional fission bomb fission fragment fission-fusion society fissionist fissionless fissionlike fission product fission rocket hemifission induced fission karyofission nonfission nuclear fission photofission quasifission spontaneous fission nonfissioned nonfissioning unfissioned
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