Definition of Fisile
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- able to be split
- (geology) easily split along a grain
- (physics) capable of undergoing nuclear fission
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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