3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 29 Moby Thesaurus words for "fissile": 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
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