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Fission   /fˈɪʃən/   Listen
Fission

noun
1.
Reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts.
2.
A nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy.  Synonym: nuclear fission.



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"Fission" Quotes from Famous Books



... development of this process of imaginative fission or cleavage of self is to be met with in mental disease. The beginnings of such disease, accompanied as they commonly are with disturbances of bodily sensations and the recurring emotions, illustrate in a very interesting way ...
— Illusions - A Psychological Study • James Sully


Words linked to "Fission" :   schizogony, agamogenesis, fission bomb, nuclear reaction, asexual reproduction


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