Atomspaltung

German

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Atom‧spal‧tung

Noun

Atomspaltung f (genitive Atomspaltung, no plural)

  1. synonym of Kernspaltung (nuclear fission)

Usage notes

After the atom bomb explosions at the end of the II. World War, the word Atom became a negative meaning. In order not to scare the population off this new way of energy production, energy producers used the word Kern derived from Atomkern instead.

Declension

Declension of Atomspaltung [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Atomspaltung
genitive einer der Atomspaltung
dative einer der Atomspaltung
accusative eine die Atomspaltung

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