Fissile

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  • adjective. Possible to split.
  • adjective. Fissionable, especially by neutrons of all energies.
  • adjective. Easily split along close parallel planes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Capable of being split, cleft, or divided into layers, as wood in the direction of the grain, or certain minerals and rocks in the planes of cleavage or foliation. See schist and cleavage.
  • In entomology, formed of plates or scales which are closely appressed in repose, but may be spread apart: an epithet sometimes applied to lamellate antennæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
  • adjective. Fissionable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Able to be split
  • adjective. Easily split along a grain
  • adjective. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
  • adjective. capable of undergoing nuclear fission
  • Word Usage
    "Furthermore, to judge from the reports that have been written about a global black market in fissile materials, perhaps you could sit on the periphery — say in Istanbul — and with relatively little risk allow the uranium to come to you."
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