fission
English
Etymology
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)
- The process whereby one item splits to become two.
- (physics) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission
- (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
Translations
process whereby one item splits to become two
process of splitting an atom
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process by which a bacterium splits into two
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Verb
fission (third-person singular simple present fissions, present participle fissioning, simple past and past participle fissioned)
- (transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
- (intransitive) To undergo fission.
Translations
to cause to undergo fission
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to undergo fission
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Finnish
Noun
fission
- Genitive singular form of fissio.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.sjɔ̃/
Noun
fission f (plural fissions)
Further reading
- “fission” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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