Found 2 items, similar to fissile.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: fissile fissile adj 1: 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fissile 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]