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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪ��n|-ɪ��n, Rhymes:English:-ɪ��n|-ɪ��n

Noun
fission

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

Translations
trans-top|process whereby one item splits to become two
Finnish: fissio, halkeaminen
Icelandic: skipting
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, bunretsu)
Norwegian: spalting
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trans-top|process of splitting an atom
Czech: št�pení n
Finnish: fissio
Icelandic: skipting
trans-mid
Japanese: 核�� (������, kakubunretsu)
Norwegian: fisjonere, spalte
trans-bottom

trans-top|process by which a bacterium splits into two
Czech: št�pení n
Icelandic: skipting
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Derived terms
fissile
fissionable
fissional
fission bomb

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