photofission
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photofission (usually uncountable, plural photofissions)
- (nuclear physics) Nuclear fission as the result of the absorption of a gamma ray or other high-energy photon.
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photofission (third-person singular simple present photofissions, present participle photofissioning, simple past and past participle photofissioned)
- (nuclear physics) To undergo, or cause to undergo, photofission.