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Definition of Fission bomb
1. Noun. 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).
Generic synonyms: Bomb, Atomic Weapon, Nuclear Weapon
Specialized synonyms: Clean Bomb, Dirty Bomb, Neutron Bomb
Terms within: Plutonium Pit, Plutonium Trigger
Definition of Fission bomb
1. Noun. An atomic bomb that uses nuclear fission as a source of energy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fission Bomb
Literary usage of Fission bomb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb by F. G. Gosling (1999)
"... a thermonuclear device considerably more powerful than either a uranium or
plutonium device but one that needed a nuclear fission bomb as a detonator. ..."
2. The Final Months of the War with Japan: Signals Intelligence, U. S. Invasion by Douglas J. MacEachim (1999)
"... DOCUMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PAPERS plosion type atomic fission bomb. For the
first time in history there was a nuclear explosion. And what an explosion! ..."
3. The Cold War in Asia edited by James G. Hershberg (1996)
"... Russia and the West now agree that information provided by Soviet spies was
vital in accelerating the construction of the first Soviet fission bomb, ..."
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