fission
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Translations
process whereby one item splits to become two
|
process by which a bacterium splits into two
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Verb
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
to cause to undergo fission
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to undergo fission
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See also
Noun
fission c (singular definite fissionen, plural indefinite fissioner)
- nuclear fission
- Synonym: kernespaltning
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | fission | fissionen | fissioner | fissionerne |
| genitive | fissions | fissionens | fissioners | fissionernes |
Declension of fission
Further reading
- “fission” in Den Danske Ordbog
Noun
fission
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
fission f (plural fissions)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Borrowed from English fission, from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
fission c
- (physics) nuclear fission
- The process whereby a company splits to become two.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fission | fissions |
| definite | fissionen | fissionens | |
| plural | indefinite | fissioner | fissioners |
| definite | fissionerna | fissionernas | |
Declension of fission
See also
References
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