nuclear fission
Noun
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Noun
nuclear fission (uncountable)
- (nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.
- French: fission nucléaire, fission
- German: Kernspaltung
- Italian: fissione
- Portuguese: fissão nuclear, fissão
- Russian: ядерное деление
- Spanish: fisión nuclear, fisión
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