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Nuclear means relating to some sort of nucleus or center. It may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

In nuclear physics/chemistry: relating to the atomic nucleus Nuclear physics is the branch of physics concerned with the nucleus of the atom. ... Nuclear chemistry is a subfield of chemistry dealing with radioactivity, nuclear processes and nuclear properties. ... The nucleus of an atom is the very small dense region, of positive charge, in its centre consisting of nucleons (protons and neutrons). ...

• Nuclear reaction, a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from the initial particles
  • Nuclear fusion and Nuclear fission
• Nuclear power, for work including propulsion, heat, and the generation of electricity
• Nuclear propulsion, a wide variety of propulsion methods that use some form of nuclear reaction
• Nuclear explosion, from an uncontrolled nuclear reaction
• Nuclear weapon, derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission

In cell biology: relating to the cell nucleus In nuclear physics, a nuclear reaction is a process in which two nuclei or nuclear particles collide to produce products different from the initial particles. ... The deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion reaction is considered the most promising for producing fusion power. ... An induced nuclear fission event. ... This article is about applications of nuclear fission reactors as power sources. ... Nuclear propulsion can include a wide variety of methods, the commonality of which is the use of some form of nuclear reaction as their primary power source. ... It has been suggested that Nuclear explosive be merged into this article or section. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... Cell biology (also called cellular biology or formerly cytology, from the Greek kytos, container) is an academic discipline that studies cells. ... HeLa cells stained for DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. ...

• Nuclear envelope
• Nuclear pore
• Nuclear lamina
• Nuclear dots
• Nuclear DNA

In mathematics: The nuclear envelope (also known as the perinuclear envelope, nuclear membrane, nucleolemma or karyotheca) is the double membrane of the nucleus that encloses genetic material in eukaryotic cells. ... Nuclear pore. ... The nuclear lamina is the dense, fibrillar network composed of intermediate filaments made of lamin that lines the inner surface of the nuclear envelope. ... Nuclear dots (Aliases: Nuclear bodies, nuclear domains, PML bodies) are punctate structures found in the nucleus of certain cells. ... Nuclear DNA is DNA contained within a nucleus of eukaryotic organisms. ...

• Nuclear operator
• Nuclear space

In sociology: In mathematics, a nuclear operator or a trace-class operator is a compact operator for which a trace may be defined, such that the trace is finite and independent of the choice of basis. ... In mathematics, a nuclear space is a topological vector space with many of the good properties of finite dimensional vector spaces. ...

• Nuclear family, a family group consisting of parents and their children

Other: The term nuclear family developed in the western world to distinguish the family group consisting of parents (usually a father and mother) and their children, from what is known as an extended family. ...

• Nuclear Blast, a record label
• Nuclear War (card game)
• Nuclear War (computer game)

See also: For nuclear detonations, see nuclear explosion. ... Nuclear War is a card game designed by Douglas Malewicki, and originally published in 1966. ... Nuclear War is a single player turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing and released for the Amiga in 1989. ...

• All pages beginning with Nuclear
• "Nucular", a common mispronunciation
• Nucleolar, relating to a nucleolus
• Nucleus
• Nucleation
• All pages beginning with Nucleo
• Nucleic acid

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