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nuclear fission

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
nu-cle-ar -fis-sion
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

nuclear fissions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nucleomitophobia

Synonyms

fission

Antonyms

fusion nuclear fusion

Questions

What does nuclear fission mean?
A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy.

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