FISSILITY

Etymology

Noun

fissility (usually uncountable, plural fissilities)

The quality of being fissile.

(geology) The property of mudstones to split along layers, more or less parallel to the plane of bedding, thus becoming described as shales.

Source: Wiktionary


Fis*sil"i*ty, n.

Definition: Quality of being fissile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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