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Christy pits

Christy pits is the plural of Christy pit.

Meaning of Christy pit

Noun

Christy pit (plural Christy pits)

  1. An early design of pit (core of an implosion-type nuclear weapon), used in the detonation over Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
    • The principal insight behind the Christy pit was that a solid, subcritical core of plutonium could be compressed to criticality.

Questions about Christy pits

What is Christy pits the plural of?
Christy pits is the plural of Christy pit.

Words near Christy pits in the dictionary

  1. Christus crucifixus
  2. Christward
  3. Christwards
  4. christy
  5. Christy pit
  6. Christy pits
  7. Christyn
  8. christyoside
  9. Chriswell
  10. Chriswells
  11. Chrizzo

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