Definitions for nucleus
nucleus
nu·cle·us
Spelling: [noo-klee-uh s, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu kli əs, ˈnyu-/
Nucleus is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 88 anagrams from letters in nucleus (celnsuu).
Definitions for nucleus
noun
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a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core:
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Biology. a specialized, usually spherical mass of protoplasm encased in a double membrane, and found in most living eukaryotic cells, directing their growth, metabolism, and reproduction, and functioning in the transmission of genic characters.
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Physics. the positively charged mass within an atom, composed of neutrons and protons, and possessing most of the mass but occupying only a small fraction of the volume of the atom.
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Anatomy. a mass of nerve cells in the brain or spinal cord in which nerve fibers form connections.
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Also called condensation nucleus. Meteorology. a particle upon which condensation of water vapor occurs to form water drops or ice crystals.
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Chemistry. a fundamental arrangement of atoms, as the benzene ring, that may occur in many compounds by substitution of atoms without a change in structure.
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Astronomy. the condensed portion of the head of a comet.
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Phonetics.
the central, most prominent segment in a syllable, consisting of a vowel, diphthong, or vowellike consonant, as the a- sound in cat or the l- sound in bottled; peak.
the most prominent syllable in an utterance or stress group; tonic syllable.
Origin of nucleus
1695-1705; Latin: kernel, syncopated variant of nuculeus, equivalent to nucu(la) little nut (nuc-, stem of nux nut + -ula -ule) + -leus noun suffix
Examples for nucleus
To win you have to start winning and these very attractive candidates could help form a nucleus to rebuild the Party.
Let it be granted, however, that at first a nucleus of twelve hundred slaves is formed.
Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen containing a proton and neutron in its nucleus, while normal hydrogen has only a proton.
The nucleus is the most important part of the cell, and governs its life.
To me, the nucleus of Peter Parker is him being left behind by his parents.
This collection will doubtless form the nucleus of a larger museum.
The whole plant is gelatinous, with the exception, occasionally, of the nucleus.
A July 1884 New York Times article called her “the nucleus and center of the whole organization of crime in New York City.”
The Russian people should form the state at the center, “a nucleus around which other peoples are gathered.”
The spores are globose or nearly so, with a large "nucleus" nearly filling the spore.