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What is the adjective for nucleus?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs nuclearize, nucleate and nuclearise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

nuclear
  1. (biology) Pertaining to the nucleus of a cell. [from 19th c.]
  2. Pertaining to a centre around which something is developed or organised; central, pivotal. [from 19th c.]
  3. Pertaining to the atomic nucleus. [from 20th c.]
  4. Involving energy released by nuclear reactions (fission, fusion, radioactive decay). [from 20th c.]
  5. Of a weapon: deriving its force from rapid release of energy through nuclear reactions. [from 20th c.]
  6. (by extension, metaphoric, of a solution or response) Involving the destruction of something.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. fissionable, atomic, fissile, nuclear-powered, thermonuclear, atom-powered
  8. Examples:
      9. “His second discovery, the nuclear model of the atom, became the basis for how we see the atom today.”
nucleic
  1. Referring to the nucleus of something. (As nucleic acids are found in the nucleus of cells.)
  2. Examples:
      3. “The C5 atom of cytidine bears a substantially larger negative charge than many nitrogen atoms in popular nucleic acid force fields.”
      “Let us remember that they are concerned with a DNA endonuclease, so I had some experience dealing with an enzyme that cut nucleic acids.”
      “Unlike larger polypeptides and proteins, small nucleic acid duplexes and hairpins do not have a dense core to which this effect would apply.”
nucleal
  1. Relating to a nucleus; nuclear.
nucleate
  1. Having a nucleus; nucleated
nucleated
  1. Having a nucleus or nuclei.
nucleonic
  1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of nucleons.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Some kind of newfangled quantum nucleonic reactor is supposed to make it possible for long term flight.”
      “Instead of a conventional fission reactor, it is focusing on a type of power generator called a quantum nucleonic reactor.”
      “Since we started constructing negative-proton matter, we've found out a few things about nucleonic structure.”
nucleuslike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a nucleus.
nucleogenetic
  1. Relating to nucleogenesis.
nucleolar
  1. Of or pertaining to the nucleolus
  2. Examples:
      3. “Blocking deacetylation by sodium butyrate or trichostatin A derepresses silent rRNA genes subject to nucleolar dominance.”
      “The nuclei in the yolk are knobbed bodies divided by a sponge work of septa into a number of areas each with a nucleolar body.”
      “In addition to nucleolar prominence, multiple nucleoli and nucleolar margination have also been suggested as diagnostic criteria for prostate cancer.”
nucleating
  1. That encourages nucleation
nucleopetal
  1. Directed toward a nucleus.
nucleocentric
  1. Centred on a nucleus.
nuclearized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nuclearize
nuclearizing
  1. present participle of nuclearize
nuclearised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of nuclearise
nuclearising
  1. present participle of nuclearise
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