fissile

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fissilisbor. English fissile Borrowed from Latin fissilis.

1. Able to be split.
2. Easily split along a grain.

   “This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion.”

3. Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction.

   “North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.”