Fissions

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe process whereby one item splits to become two.

2.nounShort for nuclear fission: The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles.

3.nounThe process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.

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