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atom bomb
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun atom bomb has 1 sense
- atom bomb(n = noun.artifact) a-bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb - a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239); Array is a kind of bomb, atomic weapon, nuclear weapon
has particulars: clean bomb, dirty bomb, neutron bomb
has parts: plutonium pit, plutonium trigger
CIDE DICTIONARY
atom bomb, n.
a bomb of great power in which the explosive energy is derived from the nuclear fission of a fissionable material, such as plutonium or uranium-235. It is a type of nuclear weapon . The strength of an atom bomb is measured in kilotons , i.e. the equivalent energy released by explosion of a thousand tons of TNT. The first atomic bomb was manufactured in 1945. [PJC]
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