adj.
Capable of undergoing fission: fissionable nuclear material.
fissionability fis'sion·a·bil'i·ty n.
fissionable
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission
Synonym: fissile
Antonym: nonfissionable (meaning #1)
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- source material (nucleonics)
- plutonium reactor (nucleonics)
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- breeder reactor (nucleonics)
- exponential experiment (nucleonics)
- fuel reprocessing (nucleonics)
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