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fissionable

fissionable adjective: capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

Adjective

fissionable

  1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

Noun

fissionable (plural fissionables)

  1. Any fissile or fissionable substance.
    • 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

fissionable meaning in Tagalog

fissionable in Tagalog

capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile
sipakin

Antonyms of fissionable

Forms of fissionable

pluralfissionables

Origin of fissionable

From fission + -able.

Words formed from fissionable

Questions about fissionable

What does fissionable mean?
Fissionable means capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
What is fissionable in Tagalog?
Fissionable in Tagalog is sipakin. See Fissionable meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is fissionable?
Fissionable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near fissionable in the dictionary

  1. fission rocket
  2. fission rockets
  3. fission-fusion society
  4. fissionabilities
  5. fissionability
  6. fissionable
  7. fissionables
  8. fissional
  9. fissioned
  10. fissioning
  11. fissionings

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