'atomic bomb' definitions:
Definition of 'atomic bomb'
(from WordNet)
noun
A nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239) [syn: atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb]
Definition of 'atomic bomb'
From: GCIDE
- Nuclear weapon \Nu"cle*ar wea"pon\, n. A weapon of great explosive power, such as an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb, which depends for most of its explosive power on the release of energy from within atomic nuclei by a nuclear reaction. A fission weapon or a fusion weapon. The term includes atomic shells for cannon. [PJC]