Saturday, June 12, 2010

Word of the Day: Fissile

fissile

/fissil/
  • adjective 1 (of an atom or element) able to undergo nuclear fission. 2 (chiefly of rock) easily split.
  — ORIGIN Latin fissilis, from findere ‘split, crack’.
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