fission
Meanings
Noun
- The process whereby one item splits to become two.
- : The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
- The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
Verb
- To cause to undergo fission.
- To undergo fission.
Origin
- Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō, from findō.
Modern English dictionary
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