Fissile

[fisail]

Definition

(adj.) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; 'fissile crystals'; 'fissile wood' .

Edited by Flo--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

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Definition

adj. that may be cleft or split in the direction of the grain.—adjs. Fissicos′tate having the ribs divided; Fissiling′ual having the tongue cleft.—ns. Fissil′ity cleavableness; Fis′sion a cleaving or breaking up into two parts.—adj. Fiss′ive.

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