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The Meaning of fission
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(n.) A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
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(n.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
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(n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.
Synonyms
nuclear fission
Rhymes
abolition
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academician
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acquisition
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addition
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admission
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admonition
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ambition
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ammunition
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apparition
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attrition
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audition
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beautician
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britian
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clinician
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coalition
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cognition
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commision
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commission
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competition
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composition
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condition
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contrition
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daffynition
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decommission
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decomposition
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definition
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demolition
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dentition
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deposition
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dietitian
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disposition
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edition
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electrician
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emission
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erudition
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exhibition
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expedition
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exposition
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extradition
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fondkommission
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fruition
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geriatrician
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ignition
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imposition
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inhibition
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inquisition
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intermission
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intuition
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juxtaposition
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logician
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magician
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malnutrition
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mccuistion
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mission
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mortician
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munition
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musician
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nutrition
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obstetrician
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omission
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opposition
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optician
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partition
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patrician
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pediatrician
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permission
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petition
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physician
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politician
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position
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precondition
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predisposition
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preignition
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premonition
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presupposition
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prohibition
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proposition
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recission
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recognition
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recondition
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redefinition
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remission
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rendition
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repetition
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reposition
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requisition
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rhetorician
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sedition
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statistician
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submission
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superstition
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supposition
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suspicion
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tactician
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technician
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theoretician
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titian
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tradition
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transmission
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tuition
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volition
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