Fission [noun]
Definition of Fission:
splitting
Opposite/Antonyms of Fission:
-
Sentence/Example of Fission:
Nuclear fission — the source of the bomb’s energy — was discovered in 1938, less than seven years before Hiroshima.
Rick turned in time to see the side of El Viejo blow off in an explosion that made ten kilotons of fission seem puny indeed.
The United States, indeed, is still in the process of fusion following the earlier fission process.
Some bacilli after fission retain a characteristic arrangement and may be spoken of as Diplobacilli or Streptobacilli.
Such broad groupings as these have, however, but little practical value when applied to the systematic study of the fission fungi.
Prior to maturity the future line of fission is plainly indicated by the difference in color.
Fortunately, one youngster asked his father entirely too many questions concerning the actual fabrication of fission weapons.
The polyps reproduce by budding and by self-division (fission), in a manner similar to that of sea-anemones.
At the instant of fission, some 75 radionuclides, or fission products, are created.
The principal difference is in their mode of multiplication by fission.