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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Biology Of, relating to, or forming a nucleus: a nuclear membrane.
  2. adj. Physics Of or relating to atomic nuclei: a nuclear chain reaction.
  3. adj. Using or derived from the energy of atomic nuclei: nuclear power.
  4. adj. Of, using, or possessing atomic or hydrogen bombs: nuclear war; nuclear nations.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Pertaining to a nucleus; having the character of a nucleus; constituted by or constituting a nucleus; endoplastic.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. of, pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons.
  2. adj. Of, pertaining to, or powered by atomic energy; same as nuclear-powered.
  3. adj. Of or pertaining to nations possessing nuclear weapons.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
  2. adj. constituting or like a nucleus
  3. adj. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
  4. adj. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom

Etymologies

  1. From nucleus +‎ -ar. (Wiktionary)
  2. From nucleus. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “Tehran reacted strongly to claims by the French president about the nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, insisting that “nuclear weapon has no place in Iran’s defense doctrine.”

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Tehran repudiates Sarkozy��s claims

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  • “VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Iran cites Israeli nuclear activity as example of world\'s hypocrisy'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Tehran says stringent IAEA inspections are unfair as Israel not partner to non-proliferation treaty, and claims western countries practice \'nuclear apartheid\'.”

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Iran cites Israeli nuclear activity as example of world's hypocrisy

  • “·undertaking nuclear hazard / fault identification studies (HAZOP / FMEA) ·nuclear qualitative and nuclear quantitative hazard assessments”

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  • “While the global cooling caused by superpower-on-superpower war could be catastrophic hence the term "nuclear winter" a small scale war could have an impact on the world climate, says National Geographic.”

    The Huffington Post: Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming?

  • “NBA Commissioner David Stern used the term "nuclear winter" to describe a decision that could produce a protracted court battle and cost the sport and its fans, arena workers and nearby restaurant staffs the entire season and perhaps beyond.”

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  • “When you work the word Iran into a sentence, you also have to work the word nuclear into a sentence and that's when this becomes a potentially more significant and more serious issue.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Middle East Tension Lurks as Bull-Market Foil

  • “Sorry, Mr. President, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.”

    The Huffington Post: Robert Scheer: No Nukes Is Good Nukes

  • “For many, the term nuclear power still calls to mind Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.”

    Forbes: Score On China's Nuclear Power Play

  • “George Bush's initial use of the term "weapons of mass destruction" grouped nuclear weapons with mustard gas, creating a level of societal confusion so widespread that even Zakaria uses the term nuclear weapons as if it were synonymous with weapons of mass destruction.”

    Newsweek: Letters to the Magazine

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  • PossibleUnderscore BPD?
    ;-) Jun 7, 2010

  • john Very sorry -- just sent you an email. Looking into it right now. Jun 7, 2010

  • frogapplause Tell it to the judge, bilby. Jun 7, 2010

  • bilby WHAT'S HAPPENING????
    I did not write the comment
    bil​by said:
    I prefer "noo-koo-lur".
    NOR ANY OF THE OTHER HALF A DOZEN BILBY SAID COMMENTS CURRENTLY ON ZEITGEIST. Jun 7, 2010

  • dontcry u - *snort* Jun 7, 2010

  • chelster Don't say NOO-kyuh-lur (as "uselessness" did), as if the word were spelled "nucular." This variant has long been "a much-derided aberration" (Richard Lederer), and current dictionaries, which rarely stigmatize pronunciations, call it "unacceptable" and "incorrect." Take care to say "nuclear" like "new" + "clear": N(Y)OO-klee-ur. -- The Orthoepist Jun 6, 2010

  • pedalinfaith Dear George, there is only one 'u' in nuclear. Adding more does not endear "u" to me. That is all I have to say about that. Dec 7, 2006

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