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Able to be split
Answer for the clue "Able to be split ", 7 letters:
fissile
Word definitions for fissile in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable ] [ant: nonfissionable ] capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: nonfissile ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Able to be split 2 (context geology English) Easily split along a grain 3 (context physics English) Capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN material ▪ There is a pressing case for the nuclear nations to deny fissile materials to would be customers. ▪ The military bomb boys can churn out their own fissile materials without difficulty. ▪ It won't need ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from Latin fissilis "that which may be cleft or split," from fissus , past participle of findere "cleave, split, separate, divide" (see fissure ).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fissile \Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See Fissure .] Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. This crystal is a pellucid, ...
Usage examples of fissile.
Wearing her arms inspectorate hat, she was all too familiar with the effects of americium bombs: nuclear weapons made with an isotope denser and more fissile than plutonium, more stable than californium.
We condemned the Indian nuclear tests, reaffirmed our support for the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Comprehensive Test Ban treaties, and said we wanted a global treaty to stop the production of fissile materials for nuclear weapons.
Wearing her arms inspectorate hat, she was all too familiar with the effects of americium bombs: nuclear weapons made with an isotope denser and more fissile than plutonium, more stable than californium.
Above all to Elizabeth they did represent a family, however fissile and unsure, a house, and a child with the presumed determination of the parents, of her mother at least, to make one more effort to improve upon the past.