fissionable

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

fissionable

adjective

  1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

Opposite: nonfissionable

noun fissionables

  1. Any fissile or fissionable substance. If one nation seized the fissionables within its borders, this would “serve as a danger signal” to other nations. The wrongdoer's gain would be short-lived because other nations would take defensive action in kind.

Thesaurus

adjective

Opposite: nonfissionable

Translations

Every language

adj capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile

Deutschspaltbar
Românăfisionabil

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"fissionable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fissionable. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

fissionable. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fissionable

Chicago

"fissionable." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fissionable.

BibTeX
@misc{fissionable_2026,
  title = {fissionable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fissionable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}