fissile
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/, /ˈfɪsˌəl/
Adjective
fissile (comparative more fissile, superlative most fissile)
- Able to be split.
- (geology) Easily split along a grain.
- a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “ 25. Are there not other original Properties of the Rays of Light, besides those already described?]”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. , 4th edition, London: William Innys , published 1730, →OCLC, page 329:
- 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.
- (physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
- 2014 March 30, Choe Sang-hun, “North Korea vows to use 'new form' of nuclear test”, in The New York Times:
- North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn't already ...
Derived terms
Translations
able to be split
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capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
fissile (plural fissiles)
Further reading
- “fissile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
Adjective
fissile (plural fissili)
- fissile
- (physics) fissile, fissionable
- Synonym: fissionabile
- (geology) fissile