a-bomb

• Sustantivo que designa un arma nuclear cuya energía destructiva proviene de la fisión de núcleos atómicos pesados, como el uranio-235 o el plutonio-239.

A noun referring to a nuclear weapon that derives its destructive energy from the fission of heavy atomic nuclei, such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239.

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1. Nuclear fission weaponC1formalscientific

   A nuclear weapon that derives its destructive energy from the fission of heavy atomic nuclei, such as uranium-235 or plutonium-239.

   bomba atómica

   • The development of the A-bomb changed the course of modern warfare.
   • Scientists worked on the Manhattan Project to create the first A-bomb.
   • The immense power of an A-bomb comes from splitting atomic nuclei.

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