fissile en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fissilis.
Meanings
- Able to be split.
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Easily split along a grain.
This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.
a. 1728 (date written), Isaac Newton, “[The Third Book of Opticks.] [Qu[estion] 25. Are there not other original Properties of the Rays of Light, besides those already described?]”, in Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light. […], 4th edition, London: […] William Innys […], published 1730, →OCLC, page 329:
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Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.
2014 March 20, Jeffrey Lewis, “The Tunnels at Punggye-ri: An Alternative View”, in 38 North, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2014:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more fissile | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most fissile | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unfissile · subfissile · nonfissile · fissban · fissileness · fissility
Translations (24)
el σχάσιμος (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · de spaltbar (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · sv fissil (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · es fisible (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · el διαχωρίσιμος (able to be split) · sv klyvbar (able to be split) · bg разцепващ се (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · pt fissível (able to be split) · pt cindível (able to be split) · cy ymholltus (able to be split) · bg цеплив (able to be split) · el εύσχιστος (easily split along a grain) · es fisionable (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · es físil (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · nl splijtbaar (able to be split) · de spaltbar (able to be split) · gv yn-scoltey (able to be split) · el διασπάσιμος (able to be split) · el διασπάσιμος (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · cy hyhollt (able to be split) · fr fissible (able to be split) · pl łupliwy (easily split along a grain) · cs štěpný (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction) · pl rozszczepialny (capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction)