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chain reaction

A self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others WordNet 3.0

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A self-sustaining nuclear reaction; a series of nuclear fissions in which neutrons released by splitting one atom leads to the splitting of others WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

(physics) A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. OmegaWiki

A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms. Wiktionary

The Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction. Wiktionary

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chain reaction