FISSILE


Meaning of FISSILE in English

/ ˈfɪsaɪl; NAmE ˈfɪsl/ adjective

( physics ) capable of nuclear fission :

fissile material

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent. (in the sense easily split ): from Latin fissilis , from fiss- split, cracked, from the verb findere .

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