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Fission vs Dinospore - What's the difference?

fission | dinospore |

As nouns the difference between fission and dinospore

is that fission is the process whereby one item splits to become two while dinospore is (microbiology) a spore produced through multiple fission of a dinomastigote.

As a verb fission

is to cause to undergo fission.

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.

    • dinospore

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (microbiology) A spore produced through multiple fission of a dinomastigote

    • Coordinate terms

    *phoront *protomont *protomite *theront *tomite *tomont *trophont