fission

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for fission

fission 🔊 /fɪˈʃʌn/

fission : පිපිරීම

fission : විඛණ්ඩනය

fission : පැළීම

fission definition

Noun.

  1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
  2. A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
  3. A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.