• Finnish: fissio, halkeaminen
• Icelandic: skipting
• Korean: 분열 (Bun-yeol)
• Japanese: 分裂 (ぶんれつ, bunretsu)
• Norwegian: spalting

• Czech: štěpení
• Finnish: fissio
• Icelandic: skipting
• Korean: 핵분열 (Haek-bun-yeol)
• Japanese: 核分裂 (かくぶんれつ, kakubunretsu)
• Norwegian: fisjonere, spalte
• Dutch: splitsen

Derived terms

• fissile
• fissionable
• fissional
• fission bomb

Verb

1. To cause to fission.
2. To undergo fission.

Finnish

Noun

fission

Fission is a splitting of something into its parts.

Fission may refer to:

• In physics, nuclear fission is a process where a large atomic nucleus (such as uranium) is split into two smaller nuclei
• In biology, binary fission is the mitosis process whereby a prokaryote reproduces by cell division
• In anthropology, fission is the process whereby a nation-state divides and becomes multiple states
• In geology, fissility is the property of mudstones to split along layers

Other uses:

• Fission (band), a Swedish melodic death metal band

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