Usually means: Core processes involving atomic nuclei.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word nuclear:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. nuclear: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nuclear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nuclear: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nuclear: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nuclear: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nuclear, nuclear: Wordnik
  7. nuclear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nuclear: Wiktionary
  9. nuclear: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nuclear: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nuclear: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. nuclear: Dictionary.com
  13. nuclear: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nuclear: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nu.Clear, Nu.Clear (EP), Nuclear (Ryan Adams song), Nuclear (band), Nuclear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nuclear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nuclear: Rhymezone
  18. nuclear, nuclear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nuclear: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. nuclear: Free Dictionary
  21. nuclear: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. nuclear: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Nuclear (pronunciation): The Word Detective
  24. nuclear: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. nuclear: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nuclear: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. -nuclear, nuclear: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. NUCLEAR: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nuclear: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nuclear: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See nuclears as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
adjective:  Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay).
adjective:  Relating to a weapon that derives its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions.
adjective:  (by extension, figurative, of a solution or response) Involving an extreme course of action, or one with severe consequences.
adjective:  (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell.
adjective:  (archaic) Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal.
adjective:  Relating to, being of, or comprising the nuclear family.
noun:  Nuclear power.
noun:  Nuclear weapon

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