nuclear
English
Etymology
From Latin nū̆cleus, a contraction of the adjective nuculeus, masculine of feminine nuculea (“pertaining to a small nut”) from nucula + adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eum. The Latin nucula + -āris adds up to nuculāris, a term that in English becomes nucular; the Latin nuculea + -āris, becomes Latin nuculeāris (“relative to what pertains to small nut”), later contracted into nuclear. Compare muscle and Latin mūsculus; muscular and mūsculāris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
nuclear (not comparable)
- (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.
- 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 17:
- Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
- Pertaining to the atomic nucleus. [from 20th c.]
- Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]
- a nuclear reactor
- nuclear technology
- Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]
- a nuclear explosion
- (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
- nuclear option, nuclear solution
- 2011, Todd Lipscomb, Re-Made in the USA, →ISBN:
- The states begging for aid get turned away; and sharp cuts in government employment, spending, and, eventually, pension payments are the only alternative future, beyond the nuclear solution of defaulting on our debt.
- 2013, Erica Sadun, iOS Auto Layout Demystified, →ISBN, page 150:
- The nuclear approach is the simpler of the two. When two constraints conflict, you can kill one of them.
- 2017 April 6, Mythili Sampathkumar, “Democrats filibuster forces Republicans to use 'nuclear option to confirm Trump's Supreme Court pick”, in The Independent:
- Republicans have taken the historic step of triggering the so-called "nuclear option" to change the rules of the Senate and push through Donald Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, after Democrats blocked the nomination.
Usage notes
- The pronunciation /nukjəlɚ/, although included by some sources such as Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition), is nonstandard and listed as such. See also nucular, and nucular in Wikipedia.
Derived terms
- corticonuclear
- go nuclear
- 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-free
- nuclear fuel
- 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
Translations
pertaining to the nucleus of a cell
pertaining to the atomic nucleus
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involving nuclear energy
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of a weapon: deriving its force from nuclear energy
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Noun
nuclear (uncountable)
- nuclear power
- 2015, Vital Signs Volume 22: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, The Worldwatch Institute:
- The growth in wind capacity at first lagged behind the expansion of nuclear installations, but then it started to grow faster and is now outpacing nuclear.
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Derived terms
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive nuclear | |||||||
dative | nuclearme | nuclearte | nuclearle, nuclearse | nuclearnos | nuclearos | nuclearles, nuclearse | |
accusative | nuclearme | nuclearte | nuclearlo, nuclearla, nuclearse | nuclearnos | nuclearos | nuclearlos, nuclearlas, nuclearse | |
with gerund nucleando | |||||||
dative | nucleándome | nucleándote | nucleándole, nucleándose | nucleándonos | nucleándoos | nucleándoles, nucleándose | |
accusative | nucleándome | nucleándote | nucleándolo, nucleándola, nucleándose | nucleándonos | nucleándoos | nucleándolos, nucleándolas, nucleándose | |
with informal second-person singular imperative nuclea | |||||||
dative | nucléame | nucléate | nucléale | nucléanos | not used | nucléales | |
accusative | nucléame | nucléate | nucléalo, nucléala | nucléanos | not used | nucléalos, nucléalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative nuclee | |||||||
dative | nucléeme | not used | nucléele, nucléese | nucléenos | not used | nucléeles | |
accusative | nucléeme | not used | nucléelo, nucléela, nucléese | nucléenos | not used | nucléelos, nucléelas | |
with first-person plural imperative nucleemos | |||||||
dative | not used | nucleémoste | nucleémosle | nucleémonos | nucleémoos | nucleémosles | |
accusative | not used | nucleémoste | nucleémoslo, nucleémosla | nucleémonos | nucleémoos | nucleémoslos, nucleémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative nuclead | |||||||
dative | nucleadme | not used | nucleadle | nucleadnos | nucleaos | nucleadles | |
accusative | nucleadme | not used | nucleadlo, nucleadla | nucleadnos | nucleaos | nucleadlos, nucleadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative nucleen | |||||||
dative | nucléenme | not used | nucléenle | nucléennos | not used | nucléenles, nucléense | |
accusative | nucléenme | not used | nucléenlo, nucléenla | nucléennos | not used | nucléenlos, nucléenlas, nucléense |
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