| Definitions of 'Nucleus' |
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1. (noun) nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
2. (noun) nucleus
the positively charged dense center of an atom
3. (noun) core, nucleus, core group
a small group of indispensable persons or things
"five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
4. (noun) nucleus
(astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
5. (noun) nucleus
any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
6. (noun) lens nucleus, nucleus
the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex
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| Definitions of 'Nucleus' |
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1. (noun) Nucleus
a kernel; hence, a central mass or point about which matter is gathered, or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively
2. (noun) Nucleus
the body or the head of a comet
3. (noun) Nucleus
an incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue
4. (noun) Nucleus
a whole seed, as contained within the seed coats
5. (noun) Nucleus
a body, usually spheroidal, in a cell or a protozoan, distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic, and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body, the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division, under Division
6. (noun) Nucleus
the tip, or earliest part, of a univalve or bivalve shell
7. (noun) Nucleus
the central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum
8. (noun) Nucleus
a visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks
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