nuclear

English

Etymology

From nucleus +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA: /ˈnukliɚ/

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• (UK) IPA: /ˈnjuː.klɪə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈnukliɚ/, /nukjəlɚ/ (see usage notes)

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Adjective

nuclear (not comparable)

1. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 17:

     However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.

2. Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
3. Pertaining to the atomic nucleus. [from 20th c.]
4. Involving atomic energy. [from 20th c.]

   a nuclear reactor

5. Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy. [from 20th c.]

   a nuclear explosion

Usage notes

• The pronunciation /nukjəlɚ/ is perhaps nonstandard; however, it is listed in Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition). See also nucular. However, this pronunciation is limited to the sense of atomic energy; for example, nuclear family is not pronounced *nucular family.

Derived terms

corticonuclear 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

• nuclei
• nucleus

Translations

involving atomic energy

• Albanian: bërthamor (sq)
• Belarusian: ядзерны (be) (jádzerny)
• Breton: nukleel (br)
• Bulgarian: ядрен (bg) (jadren)
• Catalan: nuclear (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核 (cmn) (hé)

• Czech: jaderný (cs) m
• Esperanto: nuklea (eo)
• Finnish: ydin- (fi), ydinvoima- (fi)
• French: nucléaire (fr)
• German: nuklear (de), Kern- (de)
• Greek: πυρηνικός (el) (pyrinikós)
• Icelandic: kjarna- (is), atóm- (is), kjarnorku- (is)
• Indonesian: nuklir (id)
• Interlingua: nucleal

• Italian: nucleare (it)
• Japanese: 核 (ja) (kaku)
• Jèrriais: nucléaithe
• Korean: 핵 (ko) (haek)
• Norwegian: kjerne- (no)/atom- (no), kjernekraft- (no)/atomkraft (no)
• Persian: هسته‌ای (fa) (haste'i)
• Polish: jądrowy (pl) m
• Romanian: nuclear (ro) m and n, atomic (ro) m and n
• Russian: ядерный (ru) (jádernyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach (gd)
• Slovak: jadrový (sk)
• Spanish: nuclear (es) m and f
• Swedish: kärn- (sv), kärnkraft- (sv), kärnenergi- (sv)
• Thai: ปรมาณู (th)
• Turkish: nükleer (tr)
• Ukrainian: ядерний (uk) (jádernyj)

involving atomic or hydrogen bombs

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核 (cmn) (hé)

• Czech: jaderný (cs) m
• Esperanto: nuklea (eo)
• Finnish: ydin- (fi), ydinase- (fi)
• French: nucléaire (fr)
• Icelandic: kjarnorku- (is), atómsprengju- (is)
• Interlingua: nucleal
• Italian: nucleare (it)
• Japanese: 核 (ja) (kaku)
• Jèrriais: nucléaithe

• Korean: 핵 (ko) (haek)
• Norwegian: kjærne- (no)/atom- (no)
• Polish: jądrowy (pl) m
• Romanian: nuclear (ro) m and n, atomic (ro) m and n
• Russian: ядерный (ru) (jádernyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach (gd)
• Spanish: nuclear (es)
• Swedish: nukleär (sv), kärnvapen- (sv)
• Thai: ระเบิดปรมาณู (th)
• Turkish: nükleer (tr)

relating to the nucleus of a cell

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核 (cmn) (hé)

• Finnish: ydin- (fi)
• French: nucléaire (fr)
• Greek: πυρηνικός (el) (pyrinikós)
• Hebrew: גרעיני (he) (garini)
• Icelandic: frumeinda- (is), kjarna- (is), atóm- (is)
• Ido: nukleala (io)
• Interlingua: nucleal
• Italian: nucleare (it)

• Japanese: 核 (ja) (kaku)
• Jèrriais: nucléaithe
• Korean: 핵 (ko) (haek)
• Norwegian: nukleær (no)
• Persian: هسته‌ای (fa) (haste'i)
• Polish: jądrowy (pl) m
• Romanian: nuclear (ro) m and n
• Russian: ядерный (ru) (jádernyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach (gd)
• Swedish: nukleär (sv), kärn- (sv)

External links

Nuclear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• unclear

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Catalan

Adjective

nuclear m, f (masculine and feminine plural nuclears)

1. nuclear

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Spanish

Adjective

nuclear m and f (plural nucleares)

1. nuclear

Derived terms

• fusión nuclear