fission bomb
fission bomb · fission bombs
An atomic bomb that uses nuclear fission as a source of energyAn atomic bomb that uses nuclear fission as a source of energy
Meaning
1 sensesAn atomic bomb that uses nuclear fission as a source of energy
I heard the fission bomb test clearly and I was over a hundred miles away.
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
Translations
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Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239):atom bombatomic bombA-bombplutonium bomb