About The Word Fission
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Fission
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What's The Definition Of Fission?
[n] a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
[n] reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts Synonyms | Synonyms for Fission: nuclear fission Related Terms | Find terms related to Fission: ablate | abscission | accelerate | activate | alpha decay | amputation | atom-chipping | atomic disintegration | atomic reaction | atomization | atomize | atom-smashing | beta decay | bifurcate | bisect | bombard | bombardment | branch | break into pieces | break to pieces | break up | breeding | bullet | butchering | by two | catalysis | catalyst | chain reaction | chopping | cleavage | cleave | come apart | consume | corrode | crack up | crash | cross-bombard | crumble | crumble into dust | crunch | crush | cut in two | cut to pieces | cutting | decay | decompose | demolish | dialysis | dichotomize | dichotomy | diffuse | dimidiate | disintegrate | disintegration series | disjoin | disorganize | disperse | disrupt | dissociation | dissolve | divide | enucleation | erode | exchange reaction | excision | fall to pieces | fission reaction | fork | fragment | gamma decay | grind | halve | hydrolysis | hydrolyst | in half | ionization | laceration | make mincemeat of | mince | molder | mutilation | neutron reaction | nonreversible reaction | nuclear fission | nucleization | nucleize | photodisintegration | photolysis | proton gun | proton reaction | pulverize | ramify | rending | resection | reversible reaction | ripping | scatter | scission | section | severance | shatter | shiver | slashing | slicing | smash | smash the atom | smash up | splinter | split | split in two | splitting | splitting the atom | squash | squish | stimulation | subdivide | surgery | target | tearing | thermolysis | thermonuclear reaction | transect | waste away | wear away See Also | agamogenesis | asexual reproduction | nuclear reaction | schizogony Fission In Webster's Dictionary \Fis"sion\, n. [L. fissio. See {Fissure}.]
1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest
(unicellular) organisms by means of a process of
self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage
of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a
separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an
animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous
division, and the parts again subdivide. See
{Segmentation}, and {Cell division}, under {Division}.
3. (Zo["o]l.) A process by which certain coral polyps,
echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each
individual thus forming two or more new ones. See
{Strobilation}.
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