ATOMIC BOMB


Meaning of ATOMIC BOMB in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1917

1. : a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction — called also atom bomb

2. : a nuclear weapon (as a hydrogen bomb)

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