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Nuclear

adjective

(weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy. Synonym: atomic. "Nuclear weapons" , "Atomic bombs"

Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom. "Nuclear fission" , "Nuclear forces"

Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell. "Nuclear division"

Constituting or like a nucleus. "The nuclear core of the congregation"

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"Nuclear" Quotes from Famous Books

... very considerable amount of genuine criticism in the British press. Nothing, I think, could witness more effectually to the demand for such discussions of general principle, to the need felt for some nuclear matter to crystallize upon at the present time, however poor its quality, than this fact. Here I can only thank the writers collectively, and call their attention to the more practical gratitude ...

— Mankind in the Making • H. G. Wells

... average physician is a fear-monger, if he is anything. He goes about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may scare to death. Dr. John. H. Tilden, Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure, Vol. 1, 1921. [2] Today we are not only in the Nuclear Age but also the Antibiotic Age. Unhappily, too, this is the Dark Age of Medicine—an age in which many of my colleagues, when confronted with a patient, consult a volume which rivals the Manhattan telephone directory in size. This book contains the names of thousands upon thousands ...

— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

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