Definition of fissions Fissions
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- fissions (Noun)
Plural of fission.
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| fission - reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts | ||
| agamogenesis, asexual reproduction reproduction without the fusion of gametes | ||
| fission - a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy | ||
| nuclear fission | ||
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Wiktionary
- fission (Noun)
The process whereby one item splits to become two. - fission (Noun)
The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission . - fission (Noun)
The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells. - fission (Verb)
To cause to undergo fission. - fission (Verb)
To undergo fission.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fission (n.)
A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts. - fission (n.)
A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division. - fission (n.)
A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.
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fission
The splitting of a heavy nucleus into two roughly equal parts (which are nuclei of lower-mass elements), accompanied by the release of a relatively large amount of energy in the form of kinetic energy of the two parts and in the form of emission of neutrons and gamma rays (source: LBL).
