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spallation

French, noun/spa.la.sjɔ̃/

spallation is a French feminine noun meaning “spallation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éclatement d’un noyau sous l’effet du choc d’une particule incidente d’énergie très élevée s’accompagnant…”.

What does spallation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininespallation

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Éclatement d’un noyau sous l’effet du choc d’une particule incidente d’énergie très élevée s’accompagnant d’une émission importante de neutrons.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of spallation

  • spallations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce spallation?

  • /spa.la.sjɔ̃/
  • \spa.la.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to spallation

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.