spallation

See also: Spallation

English

WOTD – 6 April 2010

Etymology

From spall +‎ -ation.

Spallation as a result of impact can occur with or without penetration of the impacting object

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /spəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /spɔːleɪʃən/, /spɑːleɪʃən/

Noun

spallation (countable and uncountable, plural spallations)

(engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby.
(nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons.

Derived terms

spallogenic

Related terms

spall

Translations

physics: nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons

Finnish: hajoaminen (fi)
French: spallation (fr)
Italian: spallazione f
Norwegian: spallasjon m
Polish: spalacja f, kruszenie (pl) n
Russian: скалывание (ru) (skalyvanije)
Spanish: espalación

fragmentation due to stress or impact

Finnish: pirstaloituminen, sirpaloituminen, hajoaminen (fi)
French: éclatement (fr), fragmentation (fr), pulvérisation (fr), explosion (fr), atomisation (fr)
Polish: rozbicie (pl)
Russian: скалывание (ru) n (skalyvanije), отслаивание (ru) n (otslaivanije)
Spanish: estallido (es), fragmentación, astillado (es), explosión (es), reventón (es)

Anagrams

altiplanos

French

Etymology

From English spallation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spa.la.sjɔ̃/
Audio (file)

Noun

spallation f (plural spallations)

(nuclear physics) spallation

Further reading

“spallation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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