fission

[US]/'fɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/'fɪʃən/
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Translation

n.division, especially the splitting of an atomic nucleus, or the splitting reproduction of organisms.

Phrases & Collocations

nuclear fission

fission reaction

fission products

Example Sentences

bacteria divide by transverse binary fission .

the party dissolved into fission and acrimony.

All commercial nuclear power is provided by fission at the present time.

The fission of the cell could be inhibited with certain chemicals.

The radiochemical separation procedure of ~(132)I was designed on the basis of half-lives of iodine and tellurium isotopes in mixed fission products.

By measuring apatite fission tracks, the paleogeotemperature gradients in the Mesozoic and Tertiary in the Jiyuan Depression, North China Basin were estimated.

The neutronic computation and analysis is performed to assess the technical feasibility of transmutation of long-lived actinides using fusion-fission hybrid reactors by the above code system.

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