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nuclear - (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs" |
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conventional following accepted customs and proprieties; "conventional wisdom"; "she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior"; "conventional forms of address"
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thermonuclear using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
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nuclear - of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces" |
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natural philosophy,
physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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nucleus a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
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nuclear - of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division" |
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biological science,
biology the science that studies living organisms
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cell nucleus,
karyon,
nucleus a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
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nuclear - constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation" |
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central in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area; "a central position"
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