fissão

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fissiōnem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fiˈsɐ̃w̃/ [fiˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fiˈsɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: fis‧são

Noun

fissão f (plural fissões)

fission (process whereby one item splits to become two)
Synonym: cisão
(nuclear physics) fission, short for fissão nuclear
Synonym: cisão
(biology) fission (process by which a bacterium splits into two)

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