fission
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: fĭsh'ən, fĭzh'ən, IPA(key): /ˈfɪʃən/, /ˈfɪʒən/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃən, -ɪʒən
Noun[edit]
fission (countable and uncountable, plural fissions)
- The process whereby one item splits to become two.
- (nuclear physics) Short for nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
- (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
- Synonym: fissiparism
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
process whereby one item splits to become two
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process by which a bacterium splits into two
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Verb[edit]
fission (third-person singular simple present fissions, present participle fissioning, simple past and past participle fissioned)
- (transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
- (intransitive) To undergo fission.
Translations[edit]
to cause to undergo fission
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to undergo fission
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See also[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
fission c (singular definite fissionen, plural indefinite fissioner)
- nuclear fission
- Synonym: kernespaltning
Declension[edit]
Declension of fission
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fission | fissionen | fissioner | fissionerne |
genitive | fissions | fissionens | fissioners | fissionernes |
Further reading[edit]
- “fission” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
fission
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fission f (plural fissions)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “fission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English fission, from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
fission c
- (physics) nuclear fission
- The process whereby a company splits to become two.
Declension[edit]
Declension of fission | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | fission | fissionen | fissioner | fissionerna |
Genitive | fissions | fissionens | fissioners | fissionernas |
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