fissioning (plural fissionings)
The act of splitting into two separate parts
fissioning
present participle of fission
Source: Wiktionary
Fis"sion, n. Etym: [L. fissio. See Fissure.]
1. A cleaving, splitting, or breaking up into parts.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous division, and the parts again subdivide. See Segmentation, and Cell division, under Division.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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