Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nuclear"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nucleal \Nu"cle*al\, Nuclear \Nu"cle*ar\, a.
Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see
Illust. of {Karyokinesis}) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell;
the nuclear part of a comet, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nuclear
adj 1: weapons using atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear
weapons"; "atomic bombs" [syn: {atomic}] [ant: {conventional}]
2: (physics) of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of
an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear
forces"
3: (biology) 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"
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