nuclear

Etymology
From, a contraction of the adjective , masculine of feminine from  + adjectival suffix. The 🇨🇬 + adds up to, a term that in English becomes ; the 🇨🇬 + , becomes 🇨🇬, later contracted into nuclear. = . Compare and 🇨🇬;  and.

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
 * 2) Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay).
 * 3) Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions.
 * 4)  Involving an extreme course of action, or one with severe consequences.
 * 5)  Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
 * 6)  Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
 * 7) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
 * 1)  Involving an extreme course of action, or one with severe consequences.
 * 2)  Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
 * 3)  Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
 * 4) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
 * 1)  Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
 * 2)  Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
 * 3) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
 * 1)  Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
 * 2) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
 * 1) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
 * 1) Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.

Usage notes

 * The pronunciation, although included by some sources such as Merriam-Webster (Online 10th Edition), is nonstandard and listed as such. See also , and in Wikipedia.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَوَوِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: я́дзерны
 * Bulgarian: я́дрен
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: nuklerek
 * Danish: kerne
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბირთვული
 * German: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: frumeinda-, kjarna-, atóm-
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: nuclear
 * Irish: eithneach, núicléach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ядролық
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ناوکی
 * Latvian: kodols
 * Lithuanian: branduolinis
 * Macedonian: ја́дрен, нуклеа́рен
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: nucléaithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: هسته‌ای
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ну̏клеа̄рнӣ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: jadrový, nukleárny
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, kärn
 * Tajik: ядроӣ, ҳастаӣ
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: сре́диштен, це́нтрален
 * Russian:


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: я́дзерны
 * Bulgarian: я́дрен
 * Cornish: nuklerek
 * Finnish:, ytimeen liittyvä
 * Irish: núicléach
 * Kazakh: ядролық
 * Macedonian: ја́дрен, нуклеа́рен
 * Malayalam:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjernefysisk, atom-, kjerne-
 * Nynorsk: kjernefysisk
 * Polish:
 * Russian:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَوَوِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: nüvə
 * Belarusian: я́дзерны
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: я́дрен
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: nuklerek
 * Czech:
 * Danish: kerne
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ბირთვული
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kjarna-, atóm-, kjarnorku-
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: nuclear
 * Irish: núicléach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ядролық
 * Khmer: នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ,
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປະລະມານູ, ນີວຄະເລັຽ
 * Macedonian: ја́дрен, нуклеа́рен
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: nucléaithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjernefysisk, ,
 * Nynorsk: kjernefysisk
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: هسته‌ای
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ну̏клеа̄ран
 * Roman: nȕkleāran
 * Slovak: jadrový
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kärn-, kärnkraft-, kärnenergi-
 * Tagalog: buturanin
 * Tajik: ядроӣ, ҳастаӣ
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýadro
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جَوْہَری
 * Uyghur: يادرو
 * Uzbek:, yadroga
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: נוקלעאַר


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَوَوِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: nüvə
 * Belarusian: я́дзерны
 * Bulgarian: я́дрен
 * Burmese:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: nuklerek
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: kerne
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბირთვული
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: नाभिकीय, कंद्रकीय
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kjarnorku-, atómsprengju-
 * Interlingua: nuclear
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: ядролық
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ນີວຄະເລັຽ
 * Latvian: kodols
 * Lithuanian: branduolinis
 * Macedonian: ја́дрен, нуклеа́рен
 * Malayalam:
 * Norman: nucléaithe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjernefysisk, atom-, kjerne-
 * Nynorsk: kjernefysisk
 * Persian: هسته‌ای
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: niùclasach
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ну̏клеа̄рнӣ
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: jadrový, nukleárny
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: buturanin
 * Tajik: ядроӣ
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: ýadro
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جَوْہَری
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: נוקלעאַר

Adjective

 * 1) ; central to a centre around which something is developed or organised
 * 2)   relating to the nucleus of cells
 * 3)   relating to the nucleus of atoms
 * 4)  involving atomic energy or weapons

Etymology
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Etymology 1
From, ultimately from.

Verb

 * 1) to join up; to unite