fission : Idioms & Phrases

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fission bomb

  • noun a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
    atomic bomb; plutonium bomb; atom bomb; A-bomb.
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nuclear fission

  • noun a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
    fission.
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