Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fissile"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fissile \Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of
findere to split. See {Fissure}.]
Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of
the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage,
like crystals.
This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. --Sir I.
Newton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fissile
adj 1: (physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a
fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: {fissionable}]
[ant: {nonfissionable}]
2: capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction
of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: {nonfissile}]
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