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Noun: plutonium pit
  1. A steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
    - plutonium trigger

Derived forms: plutonium pits

Type of: trigger

Part of: A-bomb, atom bomb, atomic bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb

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