- the act of cleaving or splitting into parts.
- the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into nuclei of lighter atoms, accompanied by the release of energy.
- the division of an organism into new organisms as a process of reproduction.
- to undergo fission.
- to cause to undergo fission.
- the act or process of splitting or breaking into parts
- a form of asexual reproduction in single-celled animals and plants involving a division into two or more equal parts that develop into new cells
- short for nuclear fission
