fissiparation

Noun

fissipation (uncountable)

1. Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
   • Fissipation, being the simple division of an organised being, requires no organs of reproduction.1843 August 12, Ph. B. Ayres, “Theory of Generation”, in The Lancet, volume 2, page 738
2. The act or process of splitting apart; division into smaller parts.
   • The re-emergence of empire was thwarted by immense topographical variety, coastal confolutions, and wide-openness to the east, which made Christendom difficult to organize and defend as a whole from Viking, barbarian and Islamic attacks round its perimeter; by natural temperateness, which rendered...2003, Ian Douglas, Richard John Hugget, Companion Encyclopedia of Geography, page 212