nuclear fission

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nuclear fission

noun nuclear fissions

  1. uncountable, usually A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.

Opposite: fusion, nuclear fusion

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noun

Opposite: fusion, nuclear fusion

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noun atom-splitting nuclear reaction

Españolfisión nuclear, fisión
한국어핵분열 haekbunyeol
日本語核分裂 kakubunretsu
中文核裂變 /核裂变 hélièbiàn, 核分裂 héfēnliè
हिन्दीनाभिकीय विखंडन nābhikīya vikhaṇḍan
Portuguêsfissão nuclear, fissão
Françaisfission nucléaire, fission
DeutschKernspaltung
Italianofissione
Ελληνικάσχάση schási
Русскийя́дерное деле́ние jádernoje delénije, деле́ние ядра́ delénije jadrá, расщепле́ние rasščeplénije
العربيةانشطار

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@misc{nuclear_fission_2026,
  title = {nuclear fission},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nuclear%20fission},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}