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fissile

  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/

Able to be split.

Other meanings

  1. Easily split along a grain.

  2. Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

Synonyms

  • fissionable

Related words

  • fissban
  • fissileness
  • fissility
  • nonfissile
  • subfissile
  • unfissile

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “fissile” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.