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fissile
 
SYLLABICATION:fis·sile
PRONUNCIATION:  fsl, -l
ADJECTIVE:1. Possible to split. 2. Physics Fissionable, especially by neutrons of all energies. 3. Geology Easily split along close parallel planes.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin fissilis, from fissus, split. See fissi–.
OTHER FORMS:fis·sili·ty (f-sl-t) —NOUN
 
 
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