fissionable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
fissionable
- Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
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Translations[edit]
capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile
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Noun[edit]
fissionable (plural fissionables)
- 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.