nuclear fission
English
Noun
nuclear fission (usually uncountable, plural nuclear fissions)
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.
Antonyms
- fusion, nuclear fusion
Hyponyms
- induced fission
- spontaneous fission
Translations
atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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See also
- nucleomitophobia