- (also nuclear fission)(
physics )物理 the act or process of splitting the nucleus (= central part) of an atom, when a large amount of energy is released compare fusionTopics Physics and chemistryc2(核)裂变,分裂 - (
biology )生物 the division of cells as a method of producing new cells Topics Biologyc2裂体生殖
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin fissio(n-), from findere ‘to split’.