English Explanatory Dictionary

photofission

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Nuclear fission as the result of the absorption of a gamma ray or other high-energy photon.
verb
  1. To undergo, or cause to undergo, photofission.

Word forms

photofission photofissions photofissioning photofissioned

Etymology

From photo- + fission.

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