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fissile - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fissile' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fissile [ a.]
- Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

Meaning of 'fissile' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fissile [ a]
Meaning (1):
- capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Example in sentence:
  • a fissionable nucleous;
  • fissionable material
Meaning (2):
- capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain
Example in sentence:
  • fissile crystals;
  • fissile wood