fissile

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/
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/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/ · /ˈfɪsˌəl/

Definition of fissile

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Able to be split.
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adj

  1. Able to be split.
  2. Easily split along a grain.
    “This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.”
  3. Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
    “North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.”

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Etymology

From Latin fissilis.

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