fission in English
- fission⇄fission, noun, verb.
- fission⇄noun 1. the splitting of atoms which releases tremendous amounts of energy and is used to start the chain reaction of an atomic explosion; nuclear fission. It occurs when the nucleus of an atom is bombarded by neutrons, absorbs a neutron, and then divide
- fission⇄v.t., v.i. to split or divide.
Ex. Although it will not fission, U-238 can absorb a neutron to become U-239, an unstable element which decays in several days to a new element, plutonium (Science News). The McCarthy ""new politics movement ... fissi
fission in Tamil தமிழ்
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