nuclear Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
    atomic.
    • nuclear war
    • nuclear weapons
    • atomic bombs
  2. adjective of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
    • nuclear physics
    • nuclear fission
    • nuclear forces
  3. adjective of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell
    • nuclear membrane
    • nuclear division
  4. adjective satellite constituting or like a nucleus
    • annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis
    • the nuclear core of the congregation

WordNet

Nu"cle*al, Nu"cle*ar adjective (Also<
  • Nucleal
  • Nuclear
)
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913