fissão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin fissiōnem.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: fis‧são

Noun[edit]

fissão f (plural fissões)

  1. fission (process whereby one item splits to become two)
    Synonym: cisão
  2. (nuclear physics) fission, short for fissão nuclear
    Synonym: cisão
  3. (biology) fission (process by which a bacterium splits into two)

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