fission
- Noun. The process whereby one item splits to become two.
- Noun. (physics) The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission.
- Noun. (biology) The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
- Verb. To cause to undergo fission.
- Verb. (intransitive) To undergo fission.
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