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Fission
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(chemistry) the splitting of a heavy and unstable atomic nucleus into lighter parts
Example
Nuclear fission was discovered in the late 1930s and provided insight into the enormous energy released during the splitting of uranium atoms.
During the Manhattan Project, scientists worked to harness fission for military purposes and developed the first atomic bombs that explode via nuclear fission.
Studies of the fission process have helped expand understanding of nuclear stability and the breakdown of heavy isotopes into lighter fragments.
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(biology) the process where a single cell splits itself into two or more daughter cells
Example
Yeast cells undergo fission to multiply rapidly through asexual budding and pinching division.
Fission is an efficient form of reproduction that helps single-celled organisms populate their environment swiftly.
Under the microscope, scientists observed bacterial fission where one cell divides into two identical cells.
word family
fiss
Verb
fission
Noun
fissionable
Adjective
fissionable
Adjective
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