American English pronunciation
How to pronounce nuclear
IPA transcription: ['nukliɚ]
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Adjective
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(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
“nuclear war”
“nuclear weapons”
“atomic bombs”
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of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
“nuclear physics”
“nuclear fission”
“nuclear forces”
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of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
“nuclear membrane”
“nuclear division”
Adjective
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constituting or like a nucleus
“annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis”
“the nuclear core of the congregation”
Usage examples
- Our long-term goal, our aspiration, is a world without nuclear weapons.
- During the Cold War, Swiss authorities considered the construction of a Swiss nuclear bomb.
- Her play, "The Offshore Island", is about nuclear warfare.
- Like all plutonium compounds, it is subject to control under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
- Accidents in nuclear power plants are potentially catastrophic.
- He is an editor of the International Journal of Nuclear Knowledge Management.
- The non-aligned countries reiterated their position emphasizing the need for nuclear disarmament.
- There are also questions about the future structure of gravity nuclear bombs.
- Artsimovich worked on the field of nuclear fusion and plasma physics.
- As a result, the nuclear fuel was damaged, and the core partially melted.