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1 fissionable -- rank: 1000

fissionable definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable, fissile] [ant: nonfissionable] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1945 fissile 2 • fissionability noun • fissionable noun

2 Fissile -- rank: 517

... 0 (2005) adj 1: capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable, fissile] [ant: nonfissionable] 2: capable of being split or cleft ... glass, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, delicate, dissoluble, dissolvable, divisible, fissionable, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, lacerable, scissile, separable, severable ...

3 uranium 238 -- rank: 352

... n 1: the commonest isotope of uranium; it is not fissionable but when irradiated with neutrons it produces fissionable plutonium 239 Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1942 an isotope ...

4 critical mass -- rank: 352

... because it lacked critical mass" 2: the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction Merriam Webster's ... retail store > U.S. Military Dictionary The minimum amount of fissionable material capable of supporting a chain reaction under precisely specified ...

5 subcritical -- rank: 352

... size to sustain a chain reaction < a subcritical mass of fissionable material > b. designed for use with fissionable material of subcritical mass < a subcritical reactor > Oxford Reference Dictionary ...

6 plutonium 239 -- rank: 223

... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a highly fissionable isotope of plutonium that is used in atomic weapons and ...

7 TNT equivalent -- rank: 223

... weapon, or from the explosion of a given quantity of fissionable material, in terms of the amount of TNT (trinitrotoluene) which ...

8 Fertile -- rank: 223

... of breeding or reproducing 3. capable of being converted into fissionable material < fertile uranium 238 > • fertilely adverb • fertileness noun Synonyms: fertile ...

9 denature -- rank: 223

... r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an ...

10 gun-type weapon -- rank: 223

... Dictionary (*) A device in which two or more pieces of fissionable material, each less than a critical mass, are brought together ...

11 nuclear terrorism -- rank: 223

... massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials; "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form ...

12 supercritical -- rank: 223

... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (especially of fissionable material) able to sustain a chain reaction in such a ...

13 Shielding -- rank: 223

... personnel from radiation during the manufacture, handling, and transportation of fissionable and radioactive materials. 2. Obstructions which tend to protect personnel ...

14 Scissile -- rank: 223

... crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, delicate, dissoluble, dissolvable, divisible, fissile, fissionable, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, lacerable, separable, severable, shatterable ...

15 nonfissionable -- rank: 223

... 2005) adj 1: not capable of undergoing fission [ant: fissile, fissionable]