Little Boy (atomic bomb)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Little Boy (atomic bomb).

Code name for the first nuclear weapon used in warfare, dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945; gun-type uranium fission; also designated Mark I