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Fission   /fˈɪʃən/   Listen
Fission

noun
1.
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts.
2.
A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.  Synonym: nuclear fission.



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... systems Dr. See ascribes to the effect of "tidal friction," the double stars having had their birth through fission of original fluid masses (just as the moon, according to George Darwin's theory, was born from the earth), and the reaction of tidal friction having not only driven them gradually farther apart but rendered their ...
— Pleasures of the telescope • Garrett Serviss


Words linked to "Fission" :   asexual reproduction, agamogenesis, schizogony, nuclear reaction


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