Dictionary Definition
nuclear adj
1 (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the
release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic
bombs" [syn: atomic]
[ant: conventional]
2 of or relating to or constituting the nucleus
of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear
forces"
3 of or relating to or constituting the nucleus
of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division"
4 constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of
the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core
of the congregation"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈnuklɛɚ/ or /ˈnukliɚ/ (Canadian) or /'njukliə/ (British) or /nukjəlɚ/ (proscribed)
- Audio (CA)
Adjective
Derived terms
- nuclear accident
- nuclear age
- nuclear airburst
- nuclear aircraft
- nuclear artillery
- nuclear cataract
- nuclear certifiable
- nuclear certified
- nuclear chain reaction
- nuclear chemistry
- nuclear cytoplasm
- nuclear electric rocket
- nuclear emulsion
- nuclear energy
- nuclear fallout
- nuclear family
- nuclear fission
- nuclear force
- nuclear fuel
- nuclear-free
- nuclear gene
- nuclear halo
- nuclear hardness
- nuclear hazard
- nuclear incident
- nuclear inclusion body
- nuclear intelligence
- nuclear isomer
- nuclear lamina
- nuclear magnetic moment
- nuclear magnetic resonance
- nuclear magneton
- nuclear material
- nuclear matrix
- 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
- nuclear sharing
- nuclear technology
- nuclear terrorism
- nuclear testing
- nuclear transfer
- nuclear underground burst
- nuclear underwater burst
- nuclear vulnerability assessment
- nuclear war
- nuclear warfare
- nuclear waste
- nuclear weapon
- nuclear winter
- nuclear yield
Related terms
Translations
involving atomic energy
- Czech: jaderný
- Interlingua: nucleal
- Italian: nucleare
- Japanese: 核 (kaku)
- Norwegian: kjerne-/atom-, kjernekraft-/atomkraft
- Russian: ядерный (jádernyj)
- Swedish: kärn-, kärnkraft-, kärnenergi-
involving atomic or hydrogen bombs
- Czech: jaderný
- Interlingua: nucleal
- Italian: nucleare
- Japanese: 核 (kaku)
- Norwegian: kjærne-/atom-
- Russian: ядерный (jádernyj)
- Swedish: nukleär, kärnvapen-
relating to nuclei
Dictionary notes
The pronunciation /nukjəlɚ/ is attested by Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition).External links
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Adjective
Extensive Definition
Nuclear may refer to:
In physics
In cell biology
In mathematics:
See also:
- lookfrom Nuclear
- Nucular
- Nucleolus
- Nucleus
- Nucleation
- lookfrom Nucleo
- Nucleic acid
nuclear in Welsh: Niwclear
nuclear in Indonesian: Nuklir
nuclear in Portuguese: Nuclear
nuclear in Romanian: Nuclear
nuclear in Simple English: Nuclear
nuclear in Sundanese: Nuklir
nuclear in Thai: นิวเคลียร์
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
amidships, average, central, chromatinic, chromosomal, core, diploid, equatorial, equidistant, extranuclear, halfway, haploid, heteronuclear, homonuclear, interior, intermediary, intermediate, isonuclear, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, nucleal, nucleary, nucleate, nucleolar, nucleolate, nucleolated, polyploid, thermonuclear