Nuclear Definition

no͝oklē-ər, nyo͝o-
adjective
Of, like or forming a nucleus.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to atomic nuclei.
Nuclear energy.
Webster's New World
Of, characterized by, or operated by the use of nuclear energy.
Nuclear weapons.
Webster's New World
Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs.
Nuclear war; nuclear nations.
American Heritage
Of, having, or involving nuclear weapons.
Nuclear warfare.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Nuclear

  • From nucleus +"Ž -ar.

    From Wiktionary

  • From nucleus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nuclear Sentence Examples

  • World War II ushered in the age of nuclear weapons.

  • We know very little of the details of reduction in the lower plants, but it probably occurs at some stage in the life history of all plants in which sexual nuclear fusion takes place.

  • Is it OK to dump nuclear waste in the ocean?

  • Rosenberg (1909) adduces evidence fox the existence of chromosomes or prochromosomes in resting nuclei in a large number of plants, but most observers consider that the chromosomes during the resting stage become completely resolved into a nuclear network in which no trace of the original chromosomes can be seen.

  • It is interesting to note that in many species the formation of new cell-walls is initiated before any indication of nuclear division is to he seen.

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Words Starting With

NNUNUC

Words Ending With

RAREAR

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