Meaning of nuclear | Babel Free

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1. Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. Nuclear power.
   countable, uncountable
3. Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay)
4. a device or a weapon that contains a nuclear bomb. kerntoestel جِهاز نَوَوي ядрено оръжие dispositivo nuclear nukleární zařízení die nukleare Bedrohung kernevåben πυρηνικός εξοπλισμός departamento nuclear tuumaseade, tuumarelv صلاح هسته ای ydinase נֶשֶק גַרעִינִי नाभिकीय यूनिट nuklearni stroj, naprava nukleáris robbanószerkezet senjata nuklir (arma nucleare) 核装置 핵폭발 장치 branduolinis įtaisas kodolierīce; atomierocis peralatan nuklear kernwapen, atoomwapenkjernevåpen glowica jądrowa هسته يى توكى...
5. Nuclear weapon
   countable, uncountable
6. Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions
7. the act of ceasing to store atomic weapons. ontwapening نَزْح السِّلاح النَّوَوي ядрено разоръжаване desarmamento nuclear nukleární odzbrojení nukleare Abrüstung atom-nedrustning πυρηνικός αφοπλισμός desarme nuclear tuumadesarmeerimine خلع سلاح هسته ای ydinaseriisunta désarmement nucléaire פֵּירוּק נֶשֶק גַרעִינִי परमाणवीय निरस्त्रीकरण nuklearno razoružanje nukleáris leszerelés perlucutan nuklir kjarnorkuafvopnun disarmo nucleare 核軍縮 핵군축 branduolinis nusiginklavimas kodolatbruņošanās pelucuta...
8. Having nuclear weapons
9. atomic energy. kernkrag طاقَةٌ نَوَويَّه ядрена енергия energia nuclear jaderná energie die Atomenergie atomenergi πυρηνική ενέργεια energía nuclear tuumaenergia انرژى هسته ای ydinenergia énergie nucléaire אֱנֶרגיָה אָטוֹמִ��ת परमाणु ऊर्जा nuklearna energija atomenergia tenaga nuklir kjarnorka energia nucleare 原子力 원자력 atominė, branduolinė energija atomenerģija tenaga nuklear kernenergiekjernekraft, atomenergi energia jądrowa هسته يى ځواك energia nuclear energie nu­cle­ară ядерная энергия jadr...
10. Involving an extreme course of action, or one with severe consequences
11. an apparatus for producing nuclear energy. kernreaktor مُفاعِل نَوَوي ядрен реактор reator nuclear jaderný reaktor der Kernreaktor atomreaktor πυρηνικός αντιδραστήρας reactor nuclear tuumareaktor رکتور هسته ای ydinreaktori réacteur nucléaire כּוּר גַרעִינִי नाभिकीय रिएक्टर nuklearni reaktor atomreaktor reaktor nuklir kjarnakljúfur/-ofn reattore nucleare 原子炉 원자로 branduolinis reaktorius atomreaktors reactor nuklear kernreactoratomreaktor reaktor jądrowy د هسته يى انرژى اندازه كونكى reactor nucl...
12. Biology Of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of a cell: a nuclear membrane.
    Biology
13. Physics a. Of or relating to atomic nuclei: a nuclear chain reaction.
    Physics
14. Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs: nuclear war; nuclear nations.
15. Drastic or extreme; radical: "The Senate majority leader ... had vowed to invoke what some have called the nuclear option to do away with judicial filibusters" (Carl Hulse).
16. (General Physics) of, concerned with, or involving the nucleus of an atom: nuclear fission.
17. (Biology) biology of, relating to, or contained within the nucleus of a cell: a nuclear membrane.
    biology

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“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.”

“Admiral Burke believed that we would be able to beat off an amphibious attack, even if staged in conjunction with heavy aerial bombing, long enough to refer back to Washington and obtain authorization to use nuclears.”

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