As an adjective nuclear
is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
As a noun snrna is
(uncountable) small nuclear rna (ribonucleic acid).
nuclear
English
Adjective
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(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
- However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
Involving atomic energy.
- a nuclear reactor
Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
- a nuclear explosion
Usage notes
* The pronunciation .[Geoffrey Nunberg, “[http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~nunberg/nucular.html Going Nucular”, 2002.]
Derived terms
* corticonuclear
* nuclear age
* nuclear airburst
* nuclear aircraft
* nuclear artillery
* nuclear cataract
* nuclear certifiable
* nuclear certified
* nuclear chain reaction
* nuclear chemistry
* nuclear cytoplasm
* nuclear electric rocket
* nuclear emulsion
* nuclear energy
* nuclear fallout
* nuclear family
* nuclear fission
* nuclear force
* nuclear fuel
* nuclear-free
* nuclear gene
* nuclear halo
* nuclear hardness
* nuclear hazard
* nuclear incident
* nuclear inclusion body
* nuclear intelligence
* nuclear isomer
* nuclear lamina
* nuclear magnetic moment
* nuclear magnetic resonance
* nuclear magneton
* nuclear material
* nuclear matrix
* nuclear nation
* nuclear navy
* nuclear notation
* nuclear operator
* nuclear ophthalmoplegia
* nuclear option
* nuclear Overhauser effect
* nuclear parity
* nuclear photonic rocket
* nuclear physics
* nuclear poison
* nuclear power
* nuclear quadropole resonance
* nuclear radiation
* nuclear reaction
* nuclear reactor
* nuclear sclerosis
* nuclear sharing
* nuclear technology
* nuclear terrorism
* nuclear testing
* nuclear transfer
* nuclear underground burst
* nuclear underwater burst
* nuclear vulnerability assessment
* nuclear war
* nuclear warfare
* nuclear waste
* nuclear weapon
* nuclear winter
* nuclear yield
Related terms
* nuclei
* nucleus
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snrna
English
Noun
(uncountable) Small nuclear RNA (ribonucleic acid).
(countable) A molecule (strand) thereof.
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