nuclear

Definition of Nuclear in English :

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Adjective

1. atomic, nuclear

(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy

Example Sentences:
'nuclear war'
'nuclear weapons'
'atomic bombs'

atomic

2. nuclear

of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom

Example Sentences:
'nuclear physics'
'nuclear fission'
'nuclear forces'

3. nuclear

of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell

Example Sentences:
'nuclear membrane'
'nuclear division'

4. nuclear

constituting or like a nucleus

Example Sentences:
'annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis'
'the nuclear core of the congregation'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nuclear

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adjective

1.

of, concerned with, or involving the nucleus of an atom

nuclear fission

2. biology

of, relating to, or contained within the nucleus of a cell

a nuclear membrane

3.

of, relating to, forming, or resembling any other kind of nucleus

4.

of, concerned with, or operated by energy from fission or fusion of atomic nuclei

a nuclear weapon

5.

involving, concerned with, or possessing nuclear weapons

nuclear war

a nuclear strike

Nuclear

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adjective

1.

of, like or forming a nucleus

2.

of or relating to atomic nuclei

nuclear energy

3.

of, characterized by, or operated by the use of nuclear energy

nuclear weapons

4.

of, having, or involving nuclear weapons

nuclear warfare

Nuclear

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adj.

1. Biology Of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of a cell: a nuclear membrane.

2. Physics

a. Of or relating to atomic nuclei: a nuclear chain reaction.

b. Using or derived from the energy of atomic nuclei: nuclear power.

3. Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs: nuclear war; nuclear nations.

4. Drastic or extreme; radical: "The Senate majority leader ... had vowed to invoke what some have called the nuclear option to do away with judicial filibusters" (Carl Hulse).

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