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NUCLEUS Synonyms

There are 5 synonyms of the word nucleus. (exact relations)
There are 13 hypernyms of the word nucleus. (close relations)
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nucleate

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core
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

• the center of an object

• the central part of the Earth

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

verb

• remove the core or center from

karyon
nounn
noun

• a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

cell nucleus
nounn
noun

• a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

core group
nounn
noun

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

lens nucleus
nounn
noun

• the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

Best Hypernyms For NUCLEUS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for nucleus, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (6)
center centre midpoint organelle set structure
Phrases (7)
anatomical structurebodily structurebody structurecell organcell organellecomplex body partneural structure

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