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Atomspaltung
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German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Atomspaltung.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Atom spal tung
Noun
f.sg
de Kernspaltung nuclear fission
Usage notes
After the atom bomb explosions at the end of the II. World War, the word de Atom became a negative meaning. In order not to scare the population off this new way of energy production, energy producers used the word de Kern derived from de Atomkern instead.
Declension
f.sg
Further reading
de Radioactivity