nuclear Definition In English

• 0 being or using the power produced when the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus:

  • How many nations have a nuclear capability (= have nuclear weapons)?

  • nuclear disarmament

  • a nuclear war/attack

  • the nuclear industry

  • a nuclear power plant

  • nuclear energy/power

• 1 relating to the nucleus of an atom:

  • nuclear fission/fusion/physics

• 2 of or relating to a process by which the nucleus (= central part) of an atom is divided or joined to another nucleus, resulting in the release of energy

  • nuclear disarmament (= giving up or removing a country’s nuclear weapons)

  • nuclear war

• 3 of or relating to the nucleus of a cell

• 4 relating to the power produced when the central part of an atom is divided or joined to another one:

  • a nuclear plant/facility

  • the nuclear industry

  • nuclear energy/power/fuel The country had agreed to disable its main nuclear fuel production plant by the end of the year.

• 5 relating to weapons that use nuclear energy:

  • a nuclear bomb/deterrent/war