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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
How To Use fission In A Sentence
- That is, the Olympian Zeus 'ban on human creativity: which shows Zeus's intended bestialization of all mortal human individuals, by forbidding, not only the use, but the discovery of any universal physical principle, such as "fire," or, today, nuclear-fission power. LaRouche's Latest
- 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.
- The most important are nuclear fission, wind, wave and tidal energy sources and solar energy by direct conversion and biomass.
- The radioactive gas xenon, which is often the byproduct of unexpected nuclear fission, was detected at the Fukushima Daiichi plant during tests. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
- An element discovered in 1982 has been named meitnerium to honor Lise Meitner (1878-1968), the Austrian-Swedish physicist and mathematician who discovered the element protactinium and made major contributions to the understanding of nuclear fission. Elements
- Detailed descriptions of the fission neutron sources, the ionization chamber for fission fragment detection, the neutron detectors and the experimental arrangement are given.
- Fusion bombs, also called thermonuclear bombs, have higher kiloton yields and greater efficiencies than fission bombs.
- When an antineutron collides with a beryllium nucleus, it annihilates one neutron, and the mutual annihilation releases around nine times the energy of a fissioning uranium atom. Mother Of Storms
