Fission

Fission
Fission Fis"sion, n. [L. fissio. See {Fissure}.] 1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts. [1913 Webster]

2. (Biol.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See {Segmentation}, and {Cell division}, under {Division}. [1913 Webster]

3. (Zo["o]l.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See {Strobilation}. [1913 Webster]

4. (Physics) The act or process of disintegration of an atomic nucleus into two or more smaller pieces; called also nuclear fission. The process may be spontaneous or induced by capture of neutrons or other smaller nuclei, and usually proceeds with evolution of energy. [PJC]


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