Meaning

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

    Kernspaltung

    я́дерное деле́ниеjádernoje delénije, деле́ние ядра́delénije jadrá, расщепле́ниеrasščeplénije

    a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy

Translations

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By meaning 1
atom-splitting nuclear reaction:
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atom-splitting nuclear reaction:

Forms

plural: nuclear fissions
Singularnuclear fission

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy:fission

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

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