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nucleus
Found in thesaurus: cell organelle, cell organ, organelle, midpoint, center, centre, set, neural structure
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nucleus
n.
kernel, central and most significant part of a whole; positively charged heart of an atom (Physics); core of a cell containing DNA and RNA (Biology); core of the head of a comet (Astronomy)
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NuCLEus
The NuCLEus project is a proposed 54-story 650 foot office, entertainment, residential, retail, and hotel complex that will be located in downtown Cleveland's Gateway Sports and Entertainment Complex District. The project won unanimous approval from the Cleveland Planning Commission in November 2014. Robert L. Stark of Cleveland-based Stark Enterprises is the lead developer on the project.
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Nucleus
Nucleus (pl: nuclei) is a Latin word for the seed inside a fruit. It may refer to:
- Atomic nucleus, the very dense central region of an atom
- Cell nucleus, a central organelle of a eukaryotic cell, containing most of the cell's DNA
- Nucleus (neuroanatomy), a cluster of cell bodies of neurons in the central nervous system
- Nucleus (syllable), the central part of a syllable in linguistics
- Comet nucleus, the solid, central part of a comet
- Condensation nucleus, the seed of a raindrop
- Ice nucleus, the seed of a snowflake
- Nucleus (algebra), the elements of a ring that associate with all others
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nucleus
Noun
1. a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
(synonym) cell nucleus, karyon
(hypernym) organelle, cell organ
(hyponym) pronucleus
(part-holonym) cell
(substance-meronym) nucleoplasm, karyoplasm
(part-meronym) nucleolus, nucleole
(derivation) nucleate
2. the positively charged dense center of an atom
(hypernym) center, centre, midpoint
(part-holonym) atom
(part-meronym) nucleon
3. a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
(synonym) core, core group
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) cadre
4. (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
(hypernym) center, centre, midpoint
(part-holonym) comet
(classification) astronomy, uranology
5. any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
(hypernym) neural structure
(hyponym) dentate nucleus
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nucleus
n.
jádro; základ
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nucleus
Rzecz.
jądro; zaczątek
