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fission

[ US /ˈfɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /fˈɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
  2. reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

How To Use fission In A Sentence

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
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