Atomspaltung

German

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Atom‧spal‧tung

Noun

Atomspaltung f (genitive Atomspaltung, no plural)

  1. Synonym of Kernspaltung (nuclear fission)

Usage notes

After 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
Declension of Atomspaltung
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Atomspaltung die —
genitive einer der Atomspaltung der —
dative einer der Atomspaltung den —
accusative eine die Atomspaltung die —

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