Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spallation

1 sense of spallation

Sense 1
spallation -- ((physics) a nuclear reaction in which a bombarded nucleus breaks up into many particles; "some astronomers believe that the solar system was formed by spallation when the sun was a very young star")
       => nuclear reaction -- ((physics) a process that alters the energy or structure or composition of atomic nuclei)