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)
- Able to be split
- (geology) Easily split along a grain
- (physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
Derived terms
- fissility
Translations
Anagrams
- Silfies
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
fissile (plural fissiles)
- 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)
- fissile
- (physics) fissile, fissionable
- Synonym: fissionabile
- (geology) fissile
Related terms
- fissilità
- fissione
English
Etymology
fission + -able
Adjective
fissionable
- Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
Antonyms
- nonfissionable
Derived terms
- fissionability
Translations
Noun
fissionable (plural fissionables)
- 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.
- 1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (volume 12, number 4, page 106)
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