nuclear Englisch Deutsch:
nuclear Definition:
- Nuclear may refer to:
| Nuclear (a.) Of or pertaining to a nucleus |
| somatic cell nuclear transplantation / somatic cell nuclear transfer / SCNT / nuclear transplantation moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
| nuclear terrorism the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials, "assaults on nuclear power plants is one form of nuclear terrorism" |
| nuclear deterrence the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence, "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction" |
| atomic warhead / nuclear warhead / thermonuclear warhead / nuke the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
| nautilus / nuclear submarine / nuclear-powered submarine a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power |
| nuclear-powered ship ship whose motive power comes from the energy of a nuclear reactor |
| nuclear reactor / reactor (physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements |
| nuclear rocket a rocket engine in which a nuclear reactor is used to heat a propellant |
| nuclear weapon / atomic weapon a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction |
| nuclear medicine the branch of medicine that uses radioactive materials either to image a patient's body or to destroy diseased cells |
nuclear Synonyme:
| nuclear amidships average central chromatinic chromosomal core diploid equatorial equidistant extranuclear halfway haploid heteronuclear homonuclear interior intermediary intermediate isonuclear mean medial median mediocre mediterranean medium mesial mezzo mid middle middlemost middling midland midmost midships midway nucleal nucleary nucleate nucleolar nucleolate nucleolated polyploid thermonuclear |
| nuclear fission alpha decay atom-chipping atom-smashing atomic disintegration atomic reaction atomization beta decay bombardment breeding bullet chain reaction cleavage disintegration series dissociation exchange reaction fission fission reaction gamma decay ionization neutron reaction nonreversible reaction nucleization photodisintegration proton gun proton reaction reversible reaction splitting the atom stimulation target thermonuclear reaction |
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