different between fissile vs fissiparous

English

Etymology

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Adjective

fissile (comparative more fissile, superlative most fissile)

1. Able to be split
2. (geology) Easily split along a grain
3. (physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

Derived terms

• fissility

Translations

Anagrams

• Silfies

French

Adjective

fissile (plural fissiles)

1. fissile, fissible

Further reading

• “fissile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fis.si.le/
• Rhymes: -issile

Adjective

fissile (plural fissili)

1. fissile
2. (physics) fissile, fissionable

   Synonym: fissionabile

3. (geology) fissile

Related terms

• fissilità
• fissione

English

Etymology

An adaptation of the New Latin fissiparus, from fissus (“split”, “cleft”) + pari? (“I bring forth”) by mistaken analogy with v?viparus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?p???s/

Adjective

fissiparous (comparative more fissiparous, superlative most fissiparous)

1. Factious, tending to break into pieces
2. Causing division or fragmenting something (often appearing in the collocation "fissiparous tendencies").
3. (biology) Of cells that reproduce through fission, splitting into two.

Translations

Synonyms

• (factious): factious, unstable
• (causing fragmentation): divisive, fragmenting

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:fissiparous.

Related terms

• fissile
• fissiparism
• oviparous
• multiparous
• nulliparous
• viviparous
• ovoviviparous