fissionable

[ fish-uh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjectivePhysics.
  1. capable of or possessing a nucleus or nuclei capable of undergoing fission: a fissionable nucleus; fissionable material.

Origin of fissionable

1
First recorded in 1940–45; fission + -able

Other words from fissionable

  • fis·sion·a·bil·i·ty, noun
  • non·fis·sion·a·ble, adjective

Words Nearby fissionable

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How to use fissionable in a sentence

  • There's one moon, almost solid nickel iron, and fissionable-ore deposits.

    Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
  • Do you know why that planet was so extensively colonized by the Federation, when there don't seem to be any fissionable ores?

    Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper
  • The neutron source, the neutron reflector, and one piece of fissionable material were in place.

    Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland Goodwin
  • What makes the whole thing terrible is that the freighter is loaded with fissionable material exported from Ganymede.

    Jack of No Trades | Charles Cottrell
  • Randy and Manuel were already arguing about how much fissionable a freighter like that could carry.

    Jack of No Trades | Charles Cottrell

British Dictionary definitions for fissionable

fissionable

/ (ˈfɪʃənəbəl) /


adjective
  1. capable of undergoing nuclear fission as a result of any process: Compare fissile (def. 1)

Derived forms of fissionable

  • fissionability, noun

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