fissioned
Broke into parts
Fissioned is the past tense of fission, meaning to split or divide, especially of atomic nuclei undergoing nuclear fission.
The word appears mainly in scientific contexts: The uranium atom fissioned, releasing enormous energy.
Occasionally used figuratively for any splitting apart: The party fissioned into competing factions.
Element ninety-two
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- neutronsUncharged subatomic particles
- nucleusCentral controlling part
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
enrichment · breeder · meltdown · centrifuge · thermonuclear · implosion · warhead · proliferation
Element's smallest unit
- protonsPositive nuclear particles
- neutronsUncharged subatomic particles
- isotopesAtomic number twins
- transmutationComplete change of form
half-life · radioisotopes · nucleons · Fermi · cyclotron · barium · krypton · bombardment
uranium
Element ninety-two
- plutoniumActinide, atomic number 94
- neutronsUncharged subatomic particles
- nucleusCentral controlling part
reactor · enrichment · breeder · meltdown · centrifuge · thermonuclear · implosion · warhead · proliferation · Oppenheimer
atom
Element's smallest unit
transmutation · half-life · radioisotopes · nucleons · Fermi · cyclotron · barium · krypton · bombardment
cleave
Split or adhere
fragment · sunder · dissect · schism · rupture · fracture · splinter · disintegrate · shatter · crack
power
Energy transfer rate
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
- megawattsMillion-watt units
- gigawattsBillion-watt units
thermal · steam · turbine · generator · grid · baseload · containment · Chernobyl · Fukushima
- nuclear fissionAtomic core division
- atomic fissionSplitting heavy nuclei
- fission bombWeapon splitting heavy atoms
- binary fissionAsexual splitting into two
- fission reactorsMachines harnessing split atoms
- fission reactionNucleus divides into fragments