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Nuclear Definition

nuclear

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English

Etymology

From nucleus +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Usage notes

The second US pronunciation (IPA: /nukjəlɚ/), famously used by George W. Bush, is considered incorrect by many.

Adjective

nuclear (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
    • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 17:
      However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
  2. Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
  3. Pertaining to the atomic nucleus. [from 20th c.]
  4. Involving atomic energy. [from 20th c.]
    a nuclear reactor
  5. Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy. [from 20th c.]
    a nuclear explosion

Usage notes

The pronunciation IPA: /nukjəlɚ/ is attested by Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition). See also nucular. However, this pronunciation is limited to the sense of atomic energy, and nuclear family is not pronounced nucular family.[1]

Derived terms

  • nuclear nation
  • nuclear navy
  • nuclear notation
  • nuclear operator
  • nuclear ophthalmoplegia
  • nuclear option
  • nuclear Overhauser effect
  • nuclear parity
  • nuclear photonic rocket
  • nuclear physics
  • nuclear poison
  • nuclear power
  • nuclear quadropole resonance
  • nuclear radiation
  • nuclear reaction
  • nuclear reactor
  • nuclear sclerosis

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Geoffrey Nunberg, Going Nucular, 2002.

External links

Nuclear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

nuclear m. and f. (plural nuclears)

  1. nuclear

Spanish

Adjective

nuclear m. and f. (plural nucleares)

  1. nuclear

Derived terms

 

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