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fissionable en · ADJ
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English fission
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English fissionable
From fission + -able.
Meanings
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Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.
Antonyms
nonfissionable
Deriveds
unfissionable · fissionability
Translations (3)
ro fisionabil (capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile) · tl sipakin (capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile) · de spaltbar (capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile)
fissionable en · NOUN
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English fission
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlom
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English fissionable
From fission + -able.
Meanings
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Any fissile or fissionable substance.
If one nation seized the fissionables within its borders, this would “serve as a danger signal” to other nations. The wrongdoer's gain would be short-lived because other nations would take defensive action in kind.
1956, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, volume 12, number 4, page 106:
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