Atomspaltung
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: Atom‧spal‧tung
Noun
editAtomspaltung f (genitive Atomspaltung, no plural)
- Synonym of Kernspaltung (nuclear fission)
Usage notes
editAfter the atom bomb explosions at the end of the II. World War, the word Atom became a negative meaning. In order not to scare the population off this new way of energy production, energy producers used the word Kern derived from Atomkern instead.
Declension
editDeclension of Atomspaltung [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Atomspaltung” in Duden online