adj
Meaning 1
Able to be split.
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adj
Able to be split.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Easily split along a grain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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adj
Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
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Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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adjective
capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: nonfissile
adjective
capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: fissionable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin fissilis.
Across languages
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