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Meaning:

Noun:

  • biology The process by which a bacterium splits to form two daughter cells.
  • physics The process of splitting the nucleus of an atom into smaller particles; nuclear fission
  • The process whereby one item splits to become two.

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Verb:

  • To cause to fission.
  • To undergo fission.

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