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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nucleal \Nu"cle*al\, Nuclear \Nu"cle*ar\, adjective
1. 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Nuclear \Nu"cle*ar\, adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or using {nuclear weapons}; a nuclear exchange, i.e. a reciprocal bombardment by nuclear weapons.. [PJC]
2. Of, pertaining to, or powered by atomic energy; same as {nuclear-powered}; as, a nuclear submarine; a nuclear power plant. [PJC]
3. Of or pertaining to nations possessing nuclear weapons; as, the nuclear club. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
nuclear
adjective
1: (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy; "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs" [syn: {atomic}] [ant: {conventional}]
2: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom; "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces"
3: of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell; "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division"
4: constituting or like a nucleus; "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "nuclear": amidships, average, central, chromatinic, chromosomal, core, diploid, equatorial, equidistant, extranuclear, halfway, haploid, heteronuclear, homonuclear, interior, intermediary, intermediate, isonuclear, mean, medial, median, mediocre, mediterranean, medium, mesial, mezzo, mid, middle, middlemost, middling, midland, midmost, midships, midway, nucleal, nucleary, nucleate, nucleolar, nucleolate, nucleolated, polyploid, thermonuclear
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