fissile
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/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/
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/ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/ · /ˈfɪsˌəl/
Definition of fissile
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Able to be split.
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adj
- Able to be split.
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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.”
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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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