GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Fissile (?), a. [L. fissilis, fr. fissus, p. p. of findere to split. See Fissure.]
    1. Capable of being split, cleft, or divided in the direction of the grain, like wood, or along natural planes of cleavage, like crystals.

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    This crystal is a pellucid, fissile stone. Sir I. Newton.

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    2. Fissionable.

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