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Fission vs Dividing - What's the difference?

fission | dividing |

As nouns the difference between fission and dividing

is that fission is the process whereby one item splits to become two while dividing is an act of division.

As verbs the difference between fission and dividing

is that fission is to cause to undergo fission while dividing is .

As an adjective dividing is

serving to divide or separate.

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.

    • dividing

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Serving to divide or separate.
    • We installed a dividing wall in order to create two rooms out of one.

    Verb

    (head)
    • Dividing seven dollars among three people is difficult!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of division.
  • * 1840 , Albert Barnes, Notes: Critical, Explanatory, and Practical on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
    • Hence the noun also means dividing'', or portion as that which is ''divided — whether an inheritance, or whether the dividings of spoil after battle.