— fissility , n.
/fis"euhl/ , adj.
1. capable of being split or divided; cleavable.
2. Physics.
a. fissionable.
b. (of a nuclide) capable of undergoing fission induced by low-energy neutrons, as uranium 233 and 235.
[ 1655-65; fissilis, equiv. to fiss ( us ) (see FISSI-) + -ilis -ILE ]