fission
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).
[edit] Noun
fission (countable and uncountable; plural fissions)
- The process whereby one item splits to become two.
- (physics) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission
- (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
[edit] Translations
process whereby one item splits to become two
process of splitting an atom
process by which a bacterium splits into two
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[edit] Verb
fission (third-person singular simple present fissions, present participle fissioning, simple past and past participle fissioned)
- To cause to undergo fission.
- (intransitive) To undergo fission.
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[edit] Finnish
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fission
- Genitive singular form of fissio.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Latin.
[edit] Noun
fission f. (plural fissions)
