nuclear
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a nucleus; as, the nuclear spindle (see Illust. of Karyokinesis) or the nuclear fibrils of a cell; the nuclear part of a comet, etc
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frisch
(Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch)
Princeton's WordNet
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
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otto robert frisch
(Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch)
Princeton's WordNet
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
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otto frisch
(Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto Robert Frisch)
Princeton's WordNet
British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear reaction (1904-1979)
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atomic pile
(atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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chain reactor
(atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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atomic reactor
(atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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pile
(atomic pile, atomic reactor, pile, chain reactor)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
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a-bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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plutonium bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atomic bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atom-bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atom bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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fission bomb
(atom bomb, atomic bomb, A-bomb, fission bomb, plutonium bomb)
Princeton's WordNet
a nuclear weapon in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission (splitting the nuclei of a heavy element like uranium 235 or plutonium 239)
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atomic bomb
(əˈtɒm ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium.
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nucleonics
(ˌnu kliˈɒn ɪks, ˌnyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the branch of science that deals with nuclear phenomena, as radioactivity, fission, or fusion, esp. practical applications.
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fissionable
(fissionable, fissile)
Princeton's WordNet
capable of undergoing nuclear fission
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fissile
(fissionable, fissile)
Princeton's WordNet
capable of undergoing nuclear fission
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reactor
(ˈæk tər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an apparatus in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction is sustained and controlled, for generating heat or producing useful radiation.
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thermonuclear
(thermonuclear)
Princeton's WordNet
using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission
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atomic bomb
(əˈtɒm ɪk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bomb whose potency is derived from nuclear fission of atoms of fissionable material with the consequent conversion of part of their mass into energy.
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alpha particle
(ˌæl fə nuˈmɛr ɪk, -nyu-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a positively charged particle consisting of two protons and two neutrons, emitted in radioactive decay or nuclear fission; the nucleus of a helium atom.
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otto hahn
(Hahn, Otto Hahn)
Princeton's WordNet
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
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plutonium pit
(plutonium trigger, plutonium pit)
Princeton's WordNet
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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plutonium trigger
(plutonium trigger, plutonium pit)
Princeton's WordNet
a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
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hahn
(Hahn, Otto Hahn)
Princeton's WordNet
German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968)
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strontium
Webster Dictionary
a radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and constituting one of the prominent harmful components of radioactive fallout from nuclear explosions; also called radiostrontium. It has a half-life of 28 years
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nuclear energy
(prominent in recent years, results from a process of metathesis in which the sounds (l) and (y) chan)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion; atomic energy.
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lise meitner
(Meitner, Lise Meitner)
Princeton's WordNet
Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
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meitner
(Meitner, Lise Meitner)
Princeton's WordNet
Swedish physicist (born in Austria) who worked in the field of radiochemistry with Otto Hahn and formulated the concept of nuclear fission with Otto Frisch (1878-1968)
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