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Webster 1913 Edition

Fissile

Fis′sile

,
Adj.
[L.
fissilis
, fr.
fissus
, p. p. of
findere
to split. See
Fissure
.]
1.
Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.
This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone.
Sir I. Newton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fissile

FIS'SILE

,
Adj.
[L. fissilis, from fissus, divided, from findo, to split.]
That may be split, cleft or divided in the direction of the grain, or of natural joints.
This crystal is a pellucid fissile stone.

Definition 2024

fissile

fissile

English

Adjective

fissile ‎(comparative more fissile, superlative most fissile)

  1. Able to be split
  2. (geology) Easily split along a grain
  3. (physics) Capable of undergoing nuclear fission
    • 2014 March 30, Choe Sang-hun, “North Korea vows to use 'new form' of nuclear test”, in The New York Times:
      North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn't already ...

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French

Adjective

fissile m, f ‎(plural fissiles)

  1. fissile, fissible

Italian

Adjective

fissile m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural fissili)

  1. fissile
  2. (physics) fissile, fissionable
  3. (geology) fissile

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