fission

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Borrowed from Latin fissiōnem, accusative singular of fissiō (“the act of breaking up”), from findō (“split, divide”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اِنْقِسَام (inqisām) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Bulgarian: разцепване (razcepvane) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Chinese Mandarin: 分裂 (fēnliè) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Danish: fission — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Danish: deling — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Dutch: splitsing — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Finnish: fissio — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Finnish: halkeaminen — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Finnish: jakautuminen — process whereby one item splits to become two
• German: Spaltung — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Greek: διάσπαση (diáspasi) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Hindi: विखण्डन (vikhaṇḍan) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Hindi: विखंडन (vikhaṇḍan) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Hungarian: hasadás — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Icelandic: skipting — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Italian: fissione — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Italian: divisione — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Japanese: 分裂 (bunretsu) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Korean: 분열 (bunyeol) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Māori: wehekarihi — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Mongolian: хуваагдал (xuvaagdal) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠶᠠᠭᠳᠠᠯ (qubiyaɣdal) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Norwegian: spalting — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Norwegian Bokmål: fisjon — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fisjon — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Polish: rozszczepienie — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Portuguese: fissão — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Romanian: fisiune — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Russian: расщепле́ние (rasščeplénije) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Spanish: fisión — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Ukrainian: розще́плення (rozščéplennja) — process whereby one item splits to become two
• Arabic: انقسام — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Bulgarian: делене (delene) — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Chinese Mandarin: 分裂生殖 (fēnliè shēngzhí) — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Czech: štěpení — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Danish: celledeling — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Finnish: jakautuminen — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• French: fission — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• French: scissiparité — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• German: Zellteilung — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Greek: πυρηνοτομία (pyrinotomía) — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Hindi: द्विखण्डन (dvikhaṇḍan) — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Hungarian: osztódás — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Icelandic: skipting — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Polish: podział — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Portuguese: fissão — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Russian: деле́ние (delénije) — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Spanish: fisión — process by which a bacterium splits into two
• Finnish: fissioida — to cause to undergo fission
• French: fissionner — to cause to undergo fission
• German: spalten — to cause to undergo fission
• Italian: fissionare — to cause to undergo fission
• Polish: rozszczepić — to cause to undergo fission
• Portuguese: fissionar — to cause to undergo fission
• Russian: расщеплять (rasščepljatʹ) — to cause to undergo fission
• Spanish: fisionar — to cause to undergo fission
• Finnish: fissioitua — to undergo fission
• Polish: rozszczepić się — to undergo fission
• Russian: расщепляться (rasščepljatʹsja) — to undergo fission