fissionable

English

Etymology

fission +‎ -able

Adjective

fissionable

1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

Antonyms

• nonfissionable

Derived terms

• fissionability

Translations

capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile

• German: spaltbar
• Romanian: fisionabil (ro)
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• Tagalog: sipakin

Noun

fissionable (plural fissionables)

1. Any fissile or fissionable substance.
   • 1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 4, page 106)

     If one nation seized the fissionables within its borders, this would “serve as a danger signal” to other nations. The wrongdoer's gain would be short-lived because other nations would take defensive action in kind.