nuclear

Adjective
  1. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy (synset 300612923)
    "nuclear war"; "nuclear weapons"; "atomic bombs"
    similar to: thermonuclear - using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
    same as: atomic
  2. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom (synset 302873726)
    "nuclear physics"; "nuclear fission"; "nuclear forces"
    referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
  3. Of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell (synset 302873911)
    "nuclear membrane"; "nuclear division"
    referred to in: biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
  4. Constituting or like a nucleus (synset 300332157)
    "annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis"; "the nuclear core of the congregation"
    similar to: central - in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

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