nuclear definition - Dictionary

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nu·cle·ar [ nklee ər ]

adjective

Definition:

1. energy of nuclear energy: relating to, using, or producing nuclear energy through fission or fusion

2. military of nuclear weapons: relating to or using weapons that produce a nuclear explosion

3. nuclear physics of atom nucleus: relating to the nucleus of an atom

4. cell biology of cell nucleus: relating to, involving, or contained in the nucleus of a cell

5. cell biology forming nucleus: forming or resembling a nucleus

[Mid-19th century. <nucleus]


	The word nuclear is correctly pronounced /nklee ər, /. The often-heard /nkyələr, / is incorrect.