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Finary vs Fission - What's the difference?

finary | fission |

As nouns the difference between finary and fission

is that finary is (ironworking) while fission is the process whereby one item splits to become two.

As a verb fission is

to cause to undergo fission.

finary

English

Noun

(finaries)
  • (ironworking)
    • (Webster 1913)

    fission

    English

    (Nuclear fission)

    Noun

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

    • Antonyms

    * (process of splitting the nucleus of an atom) fusion

    Derived terms

    * fissile * fissionable * fissional * fission bomb

    Verb

  • To cause to undergo fission.
  • To undergo fission.