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FISSILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fissile mean?
• FISSILE (adjective)
The adjective FISSILE has 2 senses:
1. capable of undergoing nuclear fission
2. capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
Familiarity information: FISSILE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Synonyms:
fissile; fissionable
Context example:
fissionable material
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
Context example:
fissile wood
Antonym:
nonfissile (not fissile)
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