Fissipation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Fissipation is a noun meaning (biology) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
Meaning
(biology) Reproduction by fission; fissiparism.
More Meanings
- The act or process of splitting apart; division into smaller parts.
Example Sentences
Fissipation, being the simple division of an organised being, requires no organs of reproduction.
As a student of the history of religions I find fascinating the development of Moorish apocrypha and fissipation into subsects, each with different orally transmitted stories.
Had there been a consolidated nationhood in all African states at this time, this declaration would not have been of such relevance. The danger of fissipation was real and explains why the nationalist elite placed such priority on the project of imagining the nation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fissiparation, fissuration, fissuring, fission, photofission, fissure.
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