spallation

See also: Spallation

English

WOTD – 6 April 2010

Etymology

From spall +‎ -ation.

Spallation as a result of impact can occur with or without penetration of the impacting object

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /spəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /spɔːleɪʃən/, /spɑːleɪʃən/

Noun

spallation (countable and uncountable, plural spallations)

1. (engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.
2. (nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons.

Derived terms

• spallogenic

Related terms

• spall

Translations

physics: nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons

• Finnish: hajoaminen (fi)
• French: spallation (fr)
• Italian: spallazione f
• Norwegian: spallasjon m
• Polish: spalacja f, kruszenie (pl) n
• Russian: скалывание (ru) (skalyvanije)
• Spanish: espalación

fragmentation due to stress or impact

• Finnish: pirstaloituminen, sirpaloituminen, hajoaminen (fi)
• French: éclatement (fr), fragmentation (fr), pulvérisation (fr), explosion (fr), atomisation (fr)
• Polish: rozbicie (pl)
• Russian: скалывание (ru) n (skalyvanije), отслаивание (ru) n (otslaivanije)
• Spanish: estallido (es), fragmentación, astillado (es), explosión (es), reventón (es)

Anagrams

• altiplanos

French

Etymology

From English spallation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spa.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

spallation f (plural spallations)

1. (nuclear physics) spallation

Further reading

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