transcription, транскрипция: [ nju:kliə(r), AM nu:k- ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Nuclear means relating to the nuclei of atoms, or to the energy released when these nuclei are split or combined.
...a nuclear power station.
...nuclear energy.
...nuclear physics.
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
Nuclear means relating to weapons that explode by using the energy released when the nuclei of atoms are split or combined.
They rejected a demand for the removal of all nuclear weapons from UK soil.
...nuclear testing.
= atomic
ADJ : ADJ n