fissile
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fissile
- /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/
- /ˈfɪsˌəl/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fissilis.
adjective more fissile · most fissile
- Able to be split.
- Easily split along a grain. This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
- Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction. North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.
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adj able to be split
| Português | cindível, fissível |
|---|---|
| Français | fissible |
| Deutsch | spaltbar |
| Ελληνικά | διασπάσιμος diaspásimos, διαχωρίσιμος diachorísimos |
adj easily split along a grain
| Ελληνικά | εύσχιστος éfschistos |
|---|
adj capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction
| Español | físil, fisible, fisionable |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | spaltbar |
| Ελληνικά | διασπάσιμος diaspásimos, σχάσιμος schásimos |
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