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fissions

fissions is the plural of fission.

Meaning of fission

Noun

fission (countable and uncountable, plural fissions)

  1. The process whereby one item splits to become two.
  2. (nuclear physics) nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.
  3. The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
    Synonyms:
    fissiparism

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Phrases with fissions

Questions about fissions

What is fissions the plural of?
Fissions is the plural of fission.

Words near fissions in the dictionary

  1. fissionings
  2. fissionist
  3. fissionists
  4. fissionless
  5. fissionlike
  6. fissions
  7. fissiparation
  8. fissiparism
  9. fissiparities
  10. fissiparity
  11. fissiparous

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