Nuclear power plants rely upon the fission of uranium to generate heat.
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Fission
//ˈfɪʃən//
Synonyms for "fission" (128 found)
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exchange reactionexcisionfall to piecesfission reactionforkfragmentgamma decaygrindhalvehydrolysishydrolystin halfionizationlacerationmake mincemeat ofmincemoldermutilationneutron reactionnonreversible reaction
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Noun(2 words)
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11 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- انقسام noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- اِنْقِسَام noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Bulgarian
2 entries- делене noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- разцепване noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 分裂 noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- 分裂生殖 noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
Czech
1 entries- štěpení noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
Danish
3 entries- celledeling noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- deling noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- fission noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Dutch
1 entries- splitsing noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Finnish
4 entries- fissio noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- halkeaminen noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- jakautuminen noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- jakautuminen noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
French
3 entries- fission noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- scissiparité noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- fissionner verb (to cause to undergo fission)
German
3 entries- Spaltung noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- Zellteilung noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- spalten verb (to cause to undergo fission)
Greek
2 entries- διάσπαση noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- πυρηνοτομία noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
Hindi
3 entries- द्विखण्डन noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- विखंडन noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- विखण्डन noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Hungarian
2 entries- hasadás noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- osztódás noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
Icelandic
2 entries- skipting noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- skipting noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
Italian
3 entries- divisione noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- fissione noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- fissionare verb (to cause to undergo fission)
Japanese
1 entries- 分裂 noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Korean
1 entries- 분열 noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Mongolian
2 entries- хуваагдал noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠶᠠᠭᠳᠠᠯ noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Māori
1 entries- wehekarihi noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Norwegian
1 entries- spalting noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fisjon noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fisjon noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Polish
4 entries- podział noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- rozszczepienie noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- rozszczepić verb (to cause to undergo fission)
- rozszczepić się verb (to undergo fission)
Portuguese
3 entries- fissão noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- fissão noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- fissionar verb (to cause to undergo fission)
Romanian
1 entries- fisiune noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Russian
4 entries- деле́ние noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- расщепле́ние noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- расщеплять verb (to cause to undergo fission)
- расщепляться verb (to undergo fission)
Spanish
3 entries- fisión noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
- fisión noun (process by which a bacterium splits into two)
- fisionar verb (to cause to undergo fission)
Ukrainian
1 entries- розще́плення noun (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
What's the difference between fission and fusion?
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Bacteria reproduce by fission.
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