Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "fission" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fusion

Defined As

process of splitting atoms splitting of molucules of hydrogen

Derived Terms

atomic fission binary fission cytofission fiss fissile fission bomb fission fragment fission product fission rocket fission-fusion society fissionability fissionable fissional fissionist fissionless fissionlike hemifission induced fission karyofission nonfission nonfissioned nonfissioning nuclear fission photofission quasifission spontaneous fission unfissioned

Context

biology physics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

agamogenesis asexual reproduction nuclear reaction

Type Of (IsA)

asexual reproduction nuclear reaction

Related Terms

nucleomitophobia

Related Terms

atom bacterium cell daughter fission bomb fissionable fissional nuclear fission nucleus particle process

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