fissile vs fissionable what difference

what is difference between fissile and fissionable

English

Etymology

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Adjective

fissile (comparative more fissile, superlative most fissile)

1. Able to be split
2. (geology) Easily split along a grain
3. (physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

Derived terms

• fissility

Translations

Anagrams

• Silfies

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

fissile (plural fissiles)

1. fissile, fissible

Further reading

• “fissile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfis.si.le/
• Rhymes: -issile

Adjective

fissile (plural fissili)

1. fissile
2. (physics) fissile, fissionable

   Synonym: fissionabile

3. (geology) fissile

Related terms

• fissilità
• fissione

English

Etymology

fission +‎ -able

Adjective

fissionable

1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

Antonyms

• nonfissionable

Derived terms

• fissionability

Translations

Noun

fissionable (plural fissionables)

1. Any fissile or fissionable substance.
   • 1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 4, page 106)

     If one nation seized the fissionables within its borders, this would “serve as a danger signal” to other nations. The wrongdoer’s gain would be short-lived because other nations would take defensive action in kind.

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