(n) :
a nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms; a series of events, each one causing the next
"the Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction."
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(n) :
a nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms; a series of events, each one causing the next
"the Manhattan Project produced the first recorded controlled chain reaction."