nuclei
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nuclei
< Latin nucleī, nominative plural of nucleus; nucleus
Example Sentences
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Fusion does the opposite: It combines light atomic nuclei into heavier ones, releasing enormous energy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
"These nuclei are hard to make and require a lot of new technology to synthesize in sufficient quantities," Grzywacz explained.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
To generate the required beam, scientists accelerated Mo-92 ions and fired them at a beryllium target, producing fast moving Mo-86 nuclei.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
During this step, some nuclei became excited, while others lost two neutrons and transformed into Mo-84.
From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026
Why, as Arthur Eddington liked to ask, do the nuclei that comprise my elbow not slide effortlessly through the nuclei that comprise the table?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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