fission

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: fĭ'shən, fĭ'zhən, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃən/, /ˈfɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən, -ɪʒən

Noun

fission (countable and uncountable, plural fissions)

1. The process whereby one item splits to become two.
2. (physics) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission
3. (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.

Antonyms

• (process of splitting the nucleus of an atom): fusion

Derived terms

Derived terms

• fissile
• fissionable

• fissional
• fission bomb

Translations

process whereby one item splits to become two

• Arabic: انقسام
• Bulgarian: разцепване (bg) n (razcepvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分裂 (zh) (fēn liè)

• Danish: fission c, deling c
• Dutch: splitsing (nl) f
• Finnish: fissio (fi), halkeaminen (fi), jakautuminen (fi)
• German: Spaltung (de) f
• Greek: διάσπαση (el) f (diáspasi)
• Hungarian: hasadás (hu)
• Icelandic: skipting
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• Italian: fissione (it) f, divisione (it) f
• Japanese: 分裂 (ja) (ぶんれつ, bunretsu)
• Korean: 분열 (ko) (bun-yeol)
• Norwegian: spalting

  Bokmål: fisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: fisjon m

• Portuguese: fissão (pt) f
• Romanian: fisiune (ro)
• Russian: расщепле́ние (ru) (rasščeplénije)
• Spanish: fisión (es) f

process of splitting an atom

• Arabic: انشطار
• Basque: fisio
• Bulgarian: разцепване (bg) n (razcepvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核裂變／核裂变 (zh) (hélièbiàn), 核裂变 (zh) (hé liè biàn)

• Czech: štěpení n
• Danish: fission c, spaltning c
• Dutch: splitsen (nl)
• Finnish: fissio (fi)
• French: fission (fr) f
• German: Kernspaltung (de) f
• Greek: σχάση (el) f (schási)
• Hungarian: maghasadás (hu)
• Icelandic: skipting
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• Italian: fissione (it) f
• Japanese: 核分裂 (ja) (かくぶんれつ, kakubunretsu)
• Korean: 핵분열 (ko) (haek-bun-yeol)
• Maori: whakangotangotatanga
• Norwegian: fisjonere (no), spalte (no)

  Bokmål: fisjon (no) m

  Nynorsk: fisjon m

• Polish: rozszczepienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: fissão (pt) f
• Russian: расщепле́ние (ru) (rasščeplénije)
• Spanish: fisión (es) f
• Swedish: fission (sv) c
• Tagalog: sasipak

process by which a bacterium splits into two

• Arabic: انقسام
• Bulgarian: делене (bg) n (delene)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 分裂生殖 (zh) (fēn liè shēng zhí)

• Czech: štěpení n
• Danish: celledeling c
• Finnish: jakautuminen (fi)
• French: fission (fr) f, scissiparité (fr) f
• German: Zellteilung (de) f
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• Greek: πυρηνοτομία f (pyrinotomía)
• Hungarian: osztódás (hu)
• Icelandic: skipting
• Polish: podział (pl) m
• Portuguese: fissão (pt) f
• Russian: деле́ние (ru) (delénije)
• Spanish: fisión (es) f

Verb

fission (third-person singular simple present fissions, present participle fissioning, simple past and past participle fissioned)

1. (transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
2. (intransitive) To undergo fission.

Translations

to cause to undergo fission

• Finnish: fissioida
• French: fissionner (fr)
• German: spalten (de)
• Italian: fissionare
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• Portuguese: fissionar
• Russian: расщепле́ние (ru) (rasščeplénije)
• Spanish: fisionar (es)

to undergo fission

• Finnish: fissioitua
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Finnish

Noun

fission

1. (deprecated template usage) genitive singular of fissio

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.sjɔ̃/

Noun

fission f (plural fissions)

1. (chiefly physics) fission

Further reading

• “fission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fission, from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɧuːn/

Noun

fission c

1. (physics) nuclear fission
2. The process whereby a company splits to become two.

Declension

Declension of fission
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fission	fissionen	fissioner	fissionerna
Genitive	fissions	fissionens	fissioners	fissionernas

See also

• fusion

References

• fission in Svensk ordbok (SO)