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nouna nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
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nounreproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal partstype of:
Definition that contains fission
- pm a soft silvery metallic element of the rare earth group having no stable isotope; was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium
- pile a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
- bacteria (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
- hahn German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
- tc a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium
- meitner Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
- disintegrate cause to undergo fission or lose particles
- thermonuclear using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
- bacterium (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
- technetium a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uranium