fission product

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noun

a nuclide produced either directly by nuclear fission or by the radioactive decay of such a nuclide

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Words nearby fission product

fissionable, fission bomb, fission fungi, fission-fusion bomb, fission, nuclear, fission product, fission reactor, fission track, fission-track dating, fissipalmate, fissiparity

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Example sentences from the Web for fission product

Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
Bill Gates Drinks Sewer Water|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.
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And, with Coca-Cola announcing the launch of a new milk product, the beverage could be back in our hands before we know it.
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The resulting product included four single-cask variants along with finished pictures of McKidd enjoying a glass of The Macallan.
The Restaurant, Flask, And Photography Worthy of The Macallan Whisky||December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The product is then multiplied by the number of cubic centimeters voided in twenty-four hours and divided by 1000.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
I should judge that a peck of corn is about the average product of a day's work through all this region.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
I suspect, from the evident care taken of it, that its product is considerably relied on for food.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Virginia leaf still continues to flourish, and to-day it is the great agricultural product of the State.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.