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Fissile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fissile? [adj] capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [adj] (physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fissile: fissionable Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fissile: alienable \| breakable \| brittle \| brittle as glass \| crackable \| crisp \| crispy \| crumbly \| crushable \| delicate \| dissoluble \| dissolvable \| divisible \| fissionable \| flimsy \| fracturable \| fragile \| frail \| frangible \| friable \| lacerable \| scissile \| separable \| severable \| shatterable \| shattery \| shivery \| splintery \| vulnerable See Also \| Fissile In Webster's Dictionary \Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See {Fissure}.] Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. --Sir I. Newton.

Fissile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fissile?

[adj] capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood"
[adj] (physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fissile: fissionable

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Fissile In Webster's Dictionary

\Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of
findere to split. See {Fissure}.]
Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of
the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage,
like crystals.

      This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. --Sir I.
                                               Newton.

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