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fissionable

adj

Etymology

From fission + -able.

  1. borrowed from fissiōnem
  2. suffixed as fissionable — “fission + able”

Definitions

  1. Capable of undergoing nuclear fission

    Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; fissile.

  2. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fissionable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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