fissility

fissility
a) Quality of being fissile.
b) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.

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  • Fissility — Fis*sil i*ty, n. Quality of being fissile. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fissility (geology) — Fissility refers to the property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.ee also*Foliation (geology) *Flocculation …   Wikipedia

  • fissility — noun see fissile …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fissility — See fissile. * * * …   Universalium

  • fissility — n. can be divided, can be split apart; fissionable …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fissility — fis·sil·i·ty …   English syllables

  • fissility — fiˈsiləd.ē noun : the quality of being fissile …   Useful english dictionary

  • fissile — fissility, n. /fis euhl/, adj. 1. capable of being split or divided; cleavable. 2. Physics. a. fissionable. b. (of a nuclide) capable of undergoing fission induced by low energy neutrons, as uranium 233 and 235. [1655 65; < L fissilis, equiv. to… …   Universalium

  • Mudrock — Glacial Lake Missoula claystone Red mudrock in the Ragged Reef Formation ( …   Wikipedia

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