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Fissility

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fis·sile  (fsl, -l)
adj.
1. Possible to split.
2. Physics Fissionable, especially by neutrons of all energies.
3. Geology Easily split along close parallel planes.

[Latin fissilis, from fissus, split; see fissi-.]

fis·sili·ty (f-sl-t) n.


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