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Nucleus vs Superdeformation - What's the difference?

nucleus | superdeformation |

As nouns the difference between nucleus and superdeformation

is that nucleus is the core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled while superdeformation is (physics) the deformation of an atomic nucleus to such an extent that it becomes far from spherical.

nucleus

English

(wikipedia nucleus)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The core, central part (of something), round which others are assembled.
  • An initial part or version that will receive additions.
    • This collection will form the nucleus of a new library.
  • (chemistry, physics) The massive, positively charged central part of an atom, made up of protons and neutrons.
  • (cytology) A large organelle found in cells which contains genetic material.
  • (neuroanatomy) A ganglion, cluster of many neuronal bodies where synapsing occurs.
  • (linguistics) The central part of a syllable, most commonly a vowel.

    • Derived terms

    * nucle- * nuclear * nuclease * nucleate, anucleate * nucleic acid * nuclein * nucleo- * nucleolar * nucleon * nucleotide * nuclide * atomic nucleus * cell nucleus * syllable nucleus, the central part of a syllable * sentence nucleus, the syllable which receives the greatest stress in a word

    Anagrams

    * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    superdeformation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia superdeformation) (en noun)
  • (physics) The deformation of an atomic nucleus to such an extent that it becomes far from spherical

    • Related terms

    *superdeformed