nuclear fission

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nuclear fission

noun
fission ( def 2 ).

Origin:
1885–90

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nuclear fission
 
n
Compare nuclear fusion Sometimes shortened to: fission the splitting of an atomic nucleus into approximately equal parts, either spontaneously or as a result of the impact of a particle usually with an associated release of energy

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Example sentences
Nuclear fission was itself once considered to be a grave threat to humanity.
In nuclear fission, atoms are split apart to form smaller atoms, a process that
  releases the energy that binds the atoms together.
The small nuclear reactors in the your source use nuclear fission, the same
  technology used in ships and submarines.
Some byproducts of the nuclear fission are themselves radioactive.
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