分ぶん裂れつ性せい

noun

fissionable; fissile

Technical term used in nuclear physics to describe materials capable of sustaining a fission chain reaction. Often appears in compounds like 分裂性物質 (fissile material).

• ウラン235は分ぶん裂れつ性せい物ぶっ質しつの一ひとつです。

  Uranium-235 is one of the fissile materials.