fission vs fusion
Definitions
noun
- a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
- reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts
Examples
Faith in controlled nuclear fission is now being shown by the construction of atomic power stations.
Primarily they reproduce asexually, which they accomplish by binary fission, or simple cell division.
Uranium fission plants in the US are presently supplying less than 8% of our total energy demand.
Definitions
noun
- the combining of images from the two eyes to form a single visual percept
- the act of fusing (or melting) together
- correction of an unstable part of the spine by joining two or more vertebrae; usually done surgically but sometimes done by traction or immobilization
- the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words
- an occurrence that involves the production of a union
Examples
Gwenhidwy likes to drink a lot, grain alcohol mostly, mixed in great strange mad-scientist concoctions with beef tea, grenadine, cough syrup, bitter belch-gathering infusions of blue scullcap, valerian root, motherwort and lady's-slipper, whatever's to hand really.
A good deal of role confusion and bewilderment as the growing child encounters the newer ways is to be expected and observed.
There is a good deal of confusion over the use of concepts to analyse the institutions and processes of policy-making.
