"spallation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /spəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ [UK], /spɔːleɪʃən/ [US], /spɑːleɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spallation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spallations [plural]
Etymology: From spall + -ation. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spall|ation}} spall + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spallation (countable and uncountable, plural spallations)
  1. (engineering, materials science) Fragmentation due to stress or impact, or any pattern of surface damage created thereby. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Engineering, Materials science Translations (fragmentation due to stress or impact): pirstaloituminen (Finnish), sirpaloituminen (Finnish), hajoaminen (Finnish), éclatement (French), fragmentation (French), pulvérisation (French), explosion (French), atomisation (French), rozbicie (Polish), скалывание (skalyvanije) [neuter] (Russian), отслаивание (otslaivanije) [neuter] (Russian), estallido (Spanish), fragmentación (Spanish), astillado (Spanish), explosión (Spanish), reventón (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spallation-en-noun-PAfTTXkJ Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'fragmentation due to stress or impact': 97 3
  2. (nuclear physics) A nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nuclear physics Translations (physics: nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons): hajoaminen (Finnish), spallation (French), spallazione [feminine] (Italian), spallasjon [masculine] (Norwegian), spalacja [feminine] (Polish), kruszenie [neuter] (Polish), скалывание (skalyvanije) (Russian), espalación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spallation-en-noun-9tiG~RCp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ation: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'physics: nuclear reaction in which a nucleus fragments into many nucleons': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spallogenic Related terms: spall

Inflected forms

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