fission

Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).

• enPR: fĭsh'ən, fĭzh'ən, IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃən/, /ˈfɪʒən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən, -ɪʒən

fission (countable and uncountable, plural fissions)

1. The process whereby one item splits to become two.
2. (nuclear physics) nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
3. (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.

   Synonym: fissiparism

fission (third-person singular simple present fissions, present participle fissioning, simple past and past participle fissioned)

1. (transitive) To cause to undergo fission.
2. (intransitive) To undergo fission.

• nucleomitophobia

fission c (singular definite fissionen, plural indefinite fissioner)

1. nuclear fission

   Synonym: kernespaltning

• “fission” in Den Danske Ordbog

fission

1. genitive singular of fissio

Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /fi.sjɔ̃/

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fission f (plural fissions)

1. (chiefly physics) fission

• fission nucléaire

• “fission”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English fission, from Latin fissiō, fissiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈɧuːn/

fission c

1. (physics) nuclear fission
2. The process whereby a company splits to become two.

• fusion

• fission in Svensk ordbok (SO)