Plutonium Pit
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- plutonium trigger
- plural
- Plutonium Pits
- possessive
- Plutonium Pit's
- pluralpossessive
- Plutonium Pits'