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• fission — [fish′ən, fizh′ən] n. [L fissio < fissus, pp. of findere, to cleave, split < IE base * bheid , to split > BITE] 1. a splitting apart; division into parts 2. NUCLEAR FISSION 3. Biol. a form of asexual reproduction, found in various simple …   English World dictionary

• Fission-fragment rocket — The fission fragment rocket is a rocket engine design that directly harnesses hot nuclear fission products for thrust, as opposed to using a separate fluid as working mass. The design can, in theory, produce very high specific impulses while… …   Wikipedia

• fission — 1. The act of splitting, e.g., amitotic division of a cell or its nucleus. 2. Splitting of the nucleus of an atom. [L. fissio, a cleaving, fr. findo, pp. fissus, to cleave] binary f. simple f. in which the two new cells are approximately equal in …   Medical dictionary

• Fission fragment reactor — Similar to how the fission fragment rocket produces thrust, a fission fragment reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates electricity by decelerating an ion beam of fission byproducts instead of using nuclear reactions to generate heat. By doing …   Wikipedia

• Fission sail — The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail like craft. It is similar in concept to the fission fragment rocket in that the fission by products are… …   Wikipedia

• nuclear fission — fission (def. 2). [1885 90] * * * Division of a heavy atomic nucleus into two fragments of roughly equal mass, accompanied by the release of a large amount of energy, the binding energy of the subatomic particles. The energy released in the… …   Universalium

• Nuclear fission — For the generation of electrical power by fission, see Nuclear power. Splitting the atom redirects here. For the EP, see Splitting the Atom. Nuclear physics Radioactive decay Nuclear fission Nuclear fusio …   Wikipedia

• Gun-type fission weapon — Gun type fission weapons are fission based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the gun method: shooting one piece of sub critical material into another. Although this is sometimes… …   Wikipedia

• Fast fission — is fission that occurs when a heavy atom absorbs a high energy neutron, called a fast neutron, and splits. Most fissionable materials need thermal neutrons, which move slower. Fast reactors vs. thermal reactorsFast neutron reactors use fast… …   Wikipedia

• Bombe à fission — Bombe A Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bombe. Explosion atomique de 14 kilotonnes lors de l essai américain XX 27 CHARLIE dans le site d essais du Nevada en …   Wikipédia en Français

• Gaseous fission reactor — A gas nuclear reactor (or gas fueled reactor ) limits the only temperature limiting materials in a reactor to the reactor walls. A limitation for conventional nuclear fission reactors is that if the nuclear fuel temperature were to rise too high… …   Wikipedia