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nuclear
English
Etymology
From Latin n??cleus, a contraction of the adjective nuculeus, masculine of feminine nuculea (“pertaining to a small nut”) from nucula + adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eum. The Latin nucula + -?ris adds up to nucul?ris, a term that in English becomes nucular; the Latin nuculea + -?ris, becomes Latin nucule?ris (“relative to what pertains to small nut”), later contracted into nuclear. Compare muscle and Latin m?sculus; muscular and m?scul?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n(j)ukli?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?nju?.kl??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n(j)ukli?/, /?n(j)ukj?l?/ (see usage notes)
Adjective
nuclear (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom. [from 20th c.]
- Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]
- Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]
- (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action.
- (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
- (archaic) Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
Usage notes
- The pronunciation /nukj?l?/, although included by some sources such as Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition), is nonstandard and listed as such. See also nucular, and nucular in Wikipedia.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- Nuclear on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
nuclear (uncountable)
- nuclear power
Anagrams
- crenula, lucarne, unclear
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /nu.kle?a/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /nu.kle?a?/
Adjective
nuclear (masculine and feminine plural nuclears)
- nuclear
Derived terms
Related terms
- nucli
Further reading
- “nuclear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nuclear” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “nuclear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nuclear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Pronunciation
Adjective
nuclear m or f (plural nucleares)
- nuclear
Derived terms
- termonuclear
Related terms
- núcleo
Further reading
- “nuclear” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
nuclear m (feminine singular nucleara, masculine plural nuclears, feminine plural nuclearas)
- nuclear
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nykle?ar/
Adjective
nuclear
- nuclear
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /nu.kle.?a?/
Adjective
nuclear m or f (plural nucleares, comparable)
- nuclear; central (to a centre around which something is developed or organised)
- (biology) nuclear (relating to the nucleus of cells)
- (physics) nuclear (relating to the nucleus of atoms)
- nuclear (involving atomic energy or weapons)
Derived terms
- termonuclear
Related terms
- núcleo
Further reading
- “nuclear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French nucléaire
Adjective
nuclear m or n (feminine singular nuclear?, masculine plural nucleari, feminine and neuter plural nucleare)
- nuclear
Declension
Spanish
Etymology 1
nucleo +? -ar, ultimately from Latin nuculeus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nukle?a?/, [nu.kle?a?]
Adjective
nuclear (plural nucleares)
- nuclear
Derived terms
Related terms
- núcleo
Etymology 2
Verb
nuclear (first-person singular present nucleo, first-person singular preterite nucleé, past participle nucleado)
- to join up; to unite
Conjugation
Further reading
- “nuclear” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Lucerna
nuclear From the web:
- what nuclear energy
- what nuclear reaction occurs in the sun
- what nuclear process occurs in the sun
- what nuclear fusion
- what nuclear emission is negatively charged
- what nuclear structures contain dna
- what nuclear process occurs in stars
- what nuclear engineers do
fusion
English
Etymology
1555, from Middle French fusion, from Latin f?si?nem (the accusative of f?si?), from fusus, past participle of fund? (“I pour, I melt”) (see also found). Doublet of foison.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fju?.??n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
Noun
fusion (countable and uncountable, plural fusions)
- The act of merging separate elements, or the result thereof.
- (physics) A nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the concomitant release of energy.
- (music) A style of music that blends disparate genres; especially types of jazz.
- A style of cooking that combines ingredients and techniques from different countries or cultures
- The act of melting or liquefying something by heating it.
- (genetics) The result of the hybridation of two genes which originally coded for separate proteins.
- (cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
- (fiction) The act of two characters merging into one, typically more powerful, being; or the merged being itself.
Antonyms
- (nuclear reaction in which nuclei combine): fission
Derived terms
- fusion reactor
- fusion torch
- reggae fusion
- jazz fusion
- nuclear fusion
Related terms
- fuse
Translations
Verb
fusion (third-person singular simple present fusions, present participle fusioning, simple past and past participle fusioned)
- (nonstandard) to combine; to fuse
French
Etymology
From Middle French fusion, from Old French fusion, a borrowing from Latin f?si?, f?si?nem. Doublet of foison.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.zj??/
Noun
fusion f (plural fusions)
- (physics, chemistry) fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
- (figuratively) mix; mixture
- (nuclear physics) fusion
- Antonym: fission
Derived terms
- en fusion
- point de fusion
Further reading
- “fusion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin f?si?, f?si?nem.
Noun
fusion f (plural fusions)
- fusion (act of melting or liquefying something by heating it)
Descendants
- English: fusion
- French: fusion
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin fusi?, fusi?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???u?n/
Noun
fusion c
- (physics) nuclear fusion
- The process whereby two companies merge to become one.
Declension
See also
- fission
References
- fusion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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