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fission
1841, "division of a cell or organism," from L.
fissionem
(nom.
fissio
) "a breaking up, cleaving," from root of
findere
"to split" (see
fissure
). Cognate with O.E.
bitan
"to bite." Nuclear physics sense is 1939.
