Meaning & Definition of Nuclear in English
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Nuclear
/nukliər/
adjective
1. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
- "Nuclear war"
- "Nuclear weapons"
- "Atomic bombs"
synonym:
- nuclear,
- atomic
2. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
- "Nuclear physics"
- "Nuclear fission"
- "Nuclear forces"
synonym:
- nuclear
3. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
- "Nuclear membrane"
- "Nuclear division"
synonym:
- nuclear
4. Constituting or like a nucleus
- "Annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"
- "The nuclear core of the congregation"
synonym:
- nuclear
Examples of using
The invention of the nuclear bomb means that we are capable of destroying ourselves.
The sum of the ignorance of the Republican candidates in the primaries for the U.S. presidential election is simply mind-boggling: one is afraid that China will obtain nuclear weapons, which they have had for 100 years, and the other proposes to close the U.S. embassy in Iran, which has been closed for 100 years... Such stupidity at the head of the world's most powerful country gives one the shivers!
The ideologist of nuclear devastation Bertran Rassel promises to refute (once again) materialsm with his newest ideas about the language structure.