different between vacuole vs nucleus

English

Etymology

From French vacuole, from Medieval Latin vacuola, formed as a diminutive of Latin vacuus (“empty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vækj????l/

Noun

vacuole (plural vacuoles)

1. (cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
2. A small empty or air-filled space or vacuity.

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Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”), a diminutive of nux (“nut”). The earliest uses refer to the head of a comet and the kernel of a seed, both recorded in Lexicon Technicum in 1704. The sense in atomic physics was coined by English scientist Michael Faraday in 1844 in a theoretical meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?.kli.?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nu?kli.?s/

Noun

nucleus (plural nuclei or nucleuses)

1. The core, central part of something, around which other elements are assembled.
2. An initial part or version that will receive additions.

   This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.

3. (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
4. (cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
5. (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
6. (phonetics, phonology) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

   Coordinate terms: onset, coda

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Translations

Anagrams

• nucules, unclues

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?cleus (“kernel, core”), diminutive of nux (“nut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nykle?j?s/

Noun

nucleus m (plural nucleussen or nuclei, diminutive nucleusje n)

1. nucleus, core

Synonyms

• kern

Related terms

• nucleair
• nucleïne
• nucleon

Latin

Alternative forms

• nuculeus

Etymology

A diminutive of nux (“nut”).

Pronunciation

n?cleus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nu.kle.us/, [?n?k??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nu.kle.us/, [?nu?kl?us]

n?cleus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nu?.kle.us/, [?nu?k??e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nu.kle.us/, [?nu?kl?us]

Noun

n??cleus m (genitive n??cle?); second declension

1. (literally) (small) nut
2. kernel
3. (figuratively) core
4. nucleus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• n??cle?ris (New Latin)
• n??cle?tus (New Latin)
• n??cle?

Descendants

References

• n??cl?us (n?c?l?us) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• n?cl?us in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,043/1
• “nucleus” on page 1,199 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)