Atomspaltung
German
Pronunciation
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Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Atom‧spal‧tung
Noun
Atomspaltung f (genitive Atomspaltung, no plural)
- Synonym of Kernspaltung (nuclear fission)
Usage notes
After the atom bomb explosions at the end of the II. World War, the word Atom became a negative meaning. In order not to scare the population off this new way of energy production, energy producers used the word Kern derived from Atomkern instead.
Declension
Further reading
- Atomspaltung in Duden online
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