Fission

Noun

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

Verb

 * 1) To cause to undergo fission.
 * 2)  To undergo fission.

Thesaurus
ablate, abscission, accelerate, activate, alpha decay, amputation, atom-chipping, atom-smashing, atomic disintegration, atomic reaction, atomization, atomize, beta decay, bifurcate, bisect, bombard, bombardment, branch, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, breeding, bullet, butchering, by two, catalysis, catalyst, chain reaction, chopping, cleavage, cleave, come apart, consume, corrode, crack up, crash, cross-bombard, crumble, crumble into dust, crunch, crush, cut in two, cut to pieces, cutting, decay, decompose, demolish, dialysis, dichotomize, dichotomy, diffuse, dimidiate, disintegrate, disintegration series, disjoin, disorganize, disperse, disrupt, dissociation, dissolve, divide, enucleation, erode, exchange reaction, excision, fall to pieces, fission reaction, fork, fragment, gamma decay, grind, halve, hydrolysis, hydrolyst, in half, ionization, laceration, make mincemeat of, mince, molder, mutilation, neutron reaction, nonreversible reaction, nuclear fission, nucleization, nucleize, photodisintegration, photolysis, proton gun, proton reaction, pulverize, ramify, rending, resection, reversible reaction, ripping, scatter, scission, section, severance, shatter, shiver, slashing, slicing, smash, smash the atom, smash up, splinter, split, split in two, splitting, splitting the atom, squash, squish, stimulation, subdivide, surgery, target, tearing, thermolysis, thermonuclear reaction, transect, waste away, wear away

Etymology
From fissionem:, accusative singular of fissio:, from findo:.

Noun

 * Arabic: انقسام
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic: skipting


 * Japanese: 分裂 (ぶんれつ, bunretsu)
 * Korean: 분열 (Bun-yeol)
 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: انشطار
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Icelandic: skipting


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 核分裂 (かくぶんれつ, kakubunretsu)
 * Korean: 핵분열 (Haek-bun-yeol)
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish: rozszczepienie
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: انقسام
 * Czech:
 * German: Zellteilung


 * Icelandic: skipting
 * Polish: podział
 * Spanish:

Derived terms

 * fissile
 * fissionable
 * fissional
 * fission bomb

Verb

 * German:
 * Russian:


 * Spanish:

Noun
fission



Etymology
From.