fissility


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fis·sile

 (fĭs′əl, -īl′)
adj.
1. Possible to split.
2. Physics Fissionable, especially by neutrons of all energies.
3. Geology Easily split along close parallel planes.
[Latin fissilis, from fissus, split; see fissi-.]
fis·sil′i·ty (fĭ-sĭl′ĭ-tē) n.
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