fissile

Etymology

Latin fissilis.

adj

  1. Able to be split.
  2. (geology) Easily split along a grain.
  3. (physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.
    North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn't already ... 30 March 2014, Choe Sang-hun, “North Korea vows to use 'new form' of nuclear test”, in The New York Times

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