Nucleate vs Nuclear - What's the difference?
nucleate | nuclear |
To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus
(biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
* 2011 , Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford 2011, p. 17:
Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
Pertaining to the atomic nucleus.
Involving atomic energy.
Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of atomic energy.
As adjectives the difference between nucleate and nuclear
is that nucleate is having a nucleus; nucleated while nuclear is (biology) pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.As a verb nucleate
is to form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.As a noun nucleate
is any salt of a nucleic acid.nucleate
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(nucleat)Derived terms
* renucleate * denucleate * denucleated * nucleation * renucleation ----nuclear
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(-)- However, the DNA in a bacterial cell is a single circular molecule and there is no separate nuclear compartment.
- a nuclear reactor
- a nuclear explosion