fissioning

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noun

The act of splitting into two separate parts

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounfissioning (plural fissionings)

plural fissionings

  1. The act of splitting into two separate parts
    1 more example

    There is the slow international fissioning of the Anglican communion, where conservative Africans and Asians have been trying for years to throw out the more liberal churches of North America, with the Church of England caught uneasily between factions. It's difficult to see any compromise there except the peace of exhaustion.

    2012 September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, in The Guardian (online)
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fission
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APA

fissioning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fissioning

MLA

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Chicago

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