Noun
- 1. fission, asexual reproduction, agamogenesis
- usage: reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts
- 2. fission, nuclear fission, nuclear reaction
- usage: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy
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