nuclear fission

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noun

fission(def 2).

Origin of nuclear fission

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby nuclear fission

nuclear cross section, nuclear emulsion, nuclear energy, nuclear envelope, nuclear family, nuclear fission, nuclear fuel, nuclear fusion, nuclear hyaloplasm, nuclear inclusion body, nuclear isomer

Words related to nuclear fission

fission, nucleonics, splitting

British Dictionary definitions for nuclear fission

nuclear fission

noun

the splitting of an atomic nucleus into approximately equal parts, either spontaneously or as a result of the impact of a particle usually with an associated release of energy Sometimes shortened to: fission Compare nuclear fusion