nuclear : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: nuclear	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for nuclear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nuclear adj (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs" Synonym(s): nuclear, atomic Antonym(s): conventional of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces" of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division" constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Nucleal \Nu"cleal\, Nuclear* \Nu"clear\, a. Of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear* spindle (see Illust. of {Karyokinesis}) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc.