fission bomb

fission bomb

n. See atomic bomb.

fission bomb

n (General Physics) a bomb in which the energy is supplied by nuclear fission. See atomic bomb

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

fission bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, plutonium bombbomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditionsclean bomb - an atom bomb leaving little or no radioactive contaminationdirty bomb - an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contaminationneutron bomb - atom bomb that produces lethal neutrons with less blastatomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reactionplutonium pit, plutonium trigger - a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives

Translations

bombe atomique