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A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Qualifier: nuclear physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fission
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nuclear reaction
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
انشطار
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Basque:
fisio nuklear
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Basque:
fisio
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Bulgarian:
разцепване
(razcepvane)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Chinese Mandarin:
核裂變 /核裂变
(hélièbiàn)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Chinese Mandarin:
核分裂
(héfēnliè)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Czech:
jaderné štěpení
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Czech:
štěpení
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Danish:
kernespaltning
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Danish:
fission
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Danish:
spaltning
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Dutch:
kernsplijting
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Dutch:
splitsen
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Finnish:
ydinfissio
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Finnish:
fissio
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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French:
fission nucléaire
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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French:
fission
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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German:
Kernspaltung
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Greek:
σχάση
(schási)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Hindi:
नाभिकीय विखंडन
(nābhikīya vikhaṇḍan)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Hungarian:
maghasadás
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Hungarian:
atommaghasadás
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Icelandic:
kjarnaklofnun
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Icelandic:
klofnun
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Icelandic:
kjarnasundrun
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Icelandic:
skipting
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Italian:
fissione
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Japanese:
核分裂
(kakubunretsu)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Korean:
핵분열
(haekbunyeol)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Macedonian:
ја́дрено це́пење
(jádreno cépenje)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Macedonian:
нуклеа́рна фи́сија
(nukleárna físija)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Malayalam:
അണുവിഘടനം
(aṇuvighaṭanaṁ)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Māori:
whakangotangotatanga
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Norwegian:
fisjonere
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Norwegian:
spalte
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fisjon
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
fisjon
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Polish:
rozszczepienie
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Portuguese:
fissão nuclear
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Portuguese:
fissão
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Russian:
я́дерное деле́ние
(jádernoje delénije)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Russian:
деле́ние ядра́
(delénije jadrá)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Russian:
расщепле́ние
(rasščeplénije)
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Spanish:
fisión nuclear
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Spanish:
fisión
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Swedish:
kärnklyvning
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Swedish:
atomklyvning
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Swedish:
fission
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Tagalog:
pagsipak
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
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Tagalog:
sasipak
— atom-splitting nuclear reaction
