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What (who) is Fission - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Fisson; Fissioning; Fission (disambiguation); Fission theory
fission
Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom to produce a large amount of energy or cause a large explosion.
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Fission
·noun A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
II. Fission ·noun A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, ·etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. ·see Strobilation.
III. Fission ·noun 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.
fission
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1. division or splitting into parts.
2. a reaction in which a heavy atomic nucleus splits in two, releasing much energy.
3. Biology reproduction by means of a cell or organism dividing into two or more new cells or organisms.
¦ verb (chiefly of atoms) undergo fission.
Derivatives
fissionable adjective
Origin
C17: from L. fissio(n-), from findere 'to split'.
Wikipedia
Fission
Fission, a splitting of something into two or more parts, may refer to:
- Fission (biology), the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts into separate entities resembling the original
- Nuclear fission, when the nucleus of an atom splits into smaller parts
- Fission (band), a Swedish death metal band
- Fission (album), by Jens Johansson
Examples of use of Fission
1. One of fusion‘s big advantages over fission is safety.
2. Also, the quantities of fuel involved are much smaller than in fission reactors.
3. Contee, who is black, runs Fission, a social media consulting firm.
4. A replacement generation of nuclear fission power stations would add only 10% to our existing stocks.
5. In the year 1'3' came the discovery of nuclear fission in uranium and Rotblat himself subsequently worked on fission, briefly in Warsaw and later in Liverpool, where certain basic experiments were carried out into the feasibility of an atomic bomb.