weapons using atomic energy; " nuclear war"; " nuclear weapons"; " atomic bombs"

( biology) of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; " nuclear membrane"; " nuclear division"

constituting or like a nucleus; " annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; " the nuclear core of the congregation"

( physics) of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; " nuclear physics"; " nuclear fission"; " nuclear forces"

of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; " nuclear membrane"; " nuclear division"

Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle ( see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.

Pertaining to a nucleus.

Pert. to or connected with a nucleus.

The nucleus.

Who could be rich enough to have a ground- to- orbit nuclear rocket of his own? – The Planet Strappers by Raymond Zinke Gallun

The second nuclear charge would be set, ready to be fired. – Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold Leland Goodwin

The nuclear explosion, deep underground, had gone off. – The Flaming Mountain by Harold Leland Goodwin

Here, however, we know in most cases that the principal agent which has reached the nuclear- protoplasm, is another portion of nuclear- protoplasm. – Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward

The rest of the circle was dark, except for the distant lights of Skilk, where the nuclear power plant was apparently still functioning in native hands. – Uller Uprising by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

So long as the two kinds of indirect nuclear division were not clearly distinguished, their correct interpretation was impossible. – Darwin and Modern Science by A.C. Seward and Others

I never thought I'd run another nuclear- bomb test, as long as I lived. – The Answer by Henry Beam Piper

It depends on how much of a path the nuclear shot cracks. – The Flaming Mountain by Harold Leland Goodwin

The realization hit him that the big nuclear cruiser had stopped at the platform for the sole purpose of collecting him and nine enlisted Planeteers. – Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold Leland Goodwin

The next advance in the hitherto rapid progress in our knowledge of nuclear division was delayed, because it was not at once recognised that there are two absolutely different methods of nuclear division. – Darwin and Modern Science by A.C. Seward and Others

Must we not conclude, then, that this difficulty of reaching the nuclear- protoplasm is owing to the fact that it is nourished and influenced directly only by the cell- protoplasm? – Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward

The issue, then, is whether the Chinese Communists will seek to achieve their ambitions through the application of force, as they did in Korea, or whether they will accept the vital requisite of world peace and order in a nuclear age and renounce the use of force as the means for satisfying their territorial claims. – The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area by John Foster Dulles and Dwight D. Eisenhower

Now, we Americans had the white heat of war to help leaders form the nuclear Atlantic Union. – The Invisible Government by Dan Smoot

A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. – State of the Union Addresses of Ronald Reagan by Ronald Reagan

We will vigorously pursue existing proposals- and seek new ones- to control arms and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. – Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present by Various