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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fissile \Fis"sile\, a. [L. fissilis fr fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See {Fissure}.] Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals. This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. --Sir I. Newton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fissile adj 1: (physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission; "a fissionable nucleous"; "fissionable material" [syn: {fissionable}] [ant: {nonfissionable}] 2: capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; "fissile crystals"; "fissile wood" [ant: {nonfissile}]
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