fissility

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noun

The quality of being fissile (in any sense).

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Meanings

nounfissility (usually uncountable, plural fissilities)

plural fissilities

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality of being fissile (in any sense).
  2. uncountableusuallygeographyThe property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.

Origin

From fissile + -ity.

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APA

fissility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fissility

MLA

“fissility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fissility. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fissility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fissility.

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