fission
The process whereby one item splits to become two.
Other meanings
nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
Related words
- fission fragment
- fission product
- fissile
- fissionable
- fissional
- fission bomb
- nuclear fission
- atomic fission
- binary fission
- fission rocket
- spontaneous fission
- fiss
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "fissiōnem".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “fission” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.