splitting apart (noun)
1nuclear energy — noun the energy released by a nuclear reaction • Syn: ↑atomic energy • Hypernyms: ↑energy, ↑free energy • Hyponyms: ↑atomic power, ↑nuclear power * * * noun …
2fis|sion — «FIHSH uhn», noun, verb. –n. 1. the splitting of atoms which releases tremendous amounts of energy and is used to start the chain reaction of an atomic explosion; nuclear fission. It occurs when the nucleus of an atom is bombarded by neutrons,… …
3fis|sure — «FIHSH uhr», noun, verb, sured, sur|ing. –n. 1. a long, narrow opening; split or crack: »Water dripped from a fissure in a rock. 2. a splitting apart; division into parts. 3. a natural cleft or opening in an organ or part, as those separating the …
4delamination — /dəlæməˈneɪʃən/ (say duhlamuh nayshuhn) noun 1. a splitting apart into layers. 2. Embryology the separation of a primitive blastoderm into two layers of cells. 3. the process of delaminating (def. 2) …
5bac|te|ri|a — «bak TIHR ee uh», noun, plural of bac|te|ri|um. very tiny and simple organisms, so small that they can usually be seen only through a microscope. Certain bacteria cause diseases such as pneumonia and typhoid fever; others do useful things, such… …
6de|lam|i|na|tion — «dee LAM uh NAY shuhn», noun. 1. a splitting apart into layers. 2. Embryology. the separation of certain groups of cells from others to form distinct cellular masses during morphogenesis …
7atomic bomb — noun a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑atom bomb, ↑A bomb, ↑fission bomb, ↑plutonium bomb • Hypernyms: ↑nuclear… …
8split-off — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) Etymology: split off : an act of splitting off or something that is split off from something else a succession of left wing split offs specifically : a transfer of a distinctive business constituting one of two or more… …
9cotter pin — noun a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑cotter, ↑cottar …
10language — /lang gwij/, n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same cultural tradition: the two languages of Belgium; a Bantu language; the French… …
