'Fissile' definitions:
Definition of 'fissile'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: fissionable, fissile] [ant: nonfissionable]
adjective
Capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: nonfissile]
Definition of 'Fissile'
From: GCIDE
- Fissile \Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See Fissure.]
- 1. Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. [1913 Webster]
- This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fissionable. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'fissile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienable,
- breakable,
- brittle,
- brittle as glass,
- crackable,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- crumbly,
- crushable,
- delicate,
- dissoluble,
- dissolvable,
- divisible,
- fissionable,
- flimsy,
- fracturable,
- fragile,
- frail,
- frangible,
- friable,
- lacerable,
- scissile,
- separable,
- severable,
- shatterable,
- shattery,
- shivery,
- splintery,
- vulnerable