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fission

Fission is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter F and ends with the letter N for which we found 3 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A cleaving splitting or breaking up into parts.
(n.) A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant or its germ undergoes a spontaneous division and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation and Cell division under Division.
(n.) A process by which certain coral polyps echinoderms annelids etc. spontaneously subdivide each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.

Syllable Information

The word fission is a 7 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for fission is: fis-sion


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