Thermonuclear Definition

thûrmō-no͝oklē-ər, -nyo͝o-
adjective
Designating or of a reaction in which isotopes of a light element, esp. hydrogen, fuse at temperatures of millions of degrees into heavier nuclei.
Webster's New World
Designating, of, or employing the heat energy released in nuclear fusion.
Thermonuclear reactor.
Webster's New World
Relating to or characterized by the use of weapons that employ nuclear fusion, especially as distinguished from those that employ only nuclear fission.
Thermonuclear war.
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Thermonuclear Sentence Examples

  • Like all stars, the sun generates its energy by a nuclear process known as thermonuclear fusion.

  • At present, we have one research student working on thermonuclear supernovae and one working on supernovae in starburst galaxies.

  • Some stars simply fade like cooling cinders when they have exhausted all the thermonuclear reactions which had made them shine through their lifetime.

  • In 1958, Britain resumed its Special Nuclear Relationship with the United States producing an Anglicized version of the US W28 thermonuclear warhead.

  • They give off some faint light, but they are not quite big enough to start shining through thermonuclear fusion.

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