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noun
power derived from nuclear energy.
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Also called atomic power .
Origin of nuclear power First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby nuclear power nuclear magneton ,
nuclear medicine ,
nuclear membrane ,
nuclear option ,
nuclear physics ,
nuclear power ,
nuclear radiation ,
nuclear reaction ,
nuclear reactor ,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission ,
Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
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How to use nuclear power in a sentence Spot went on sale last year and the company claims it has sold roughly 400 of the $75,000 bots to companies in fields like nuclear power , mining, and high-end construction.
Inside, tourists loomed over scale models of nuclear power plants, particle accelerators, and the Lenin, the world’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker ship.
The Green Premium is the additional cost of getting all our power from non-emitting sources, including wind, solar, nuclear power , and coal- and natural-gas-fired plants equipped with devices that capture the carbon they produce.
When I took a seat on the unaltered and perfectly level chair in front of his desk, the Admiral asked me bluntly why I took so many philosophy classes and if I thought I could handle the technical rigors of nuclear power school.
Even some kinds of safe nuclear power like thorium reactors.
From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.
But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.
Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
Employees strap a device to their heads and power a helicopter drone with their minds.
For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
Wharton smiled at this littleness in so great a man, but determined that he should feel the power he despised.
He brings out all their power, brilliancy and careering wildness, and makes the greatest sensation of them.
She knew that she alone of all human beings was gifted with the power to understand and fully sympathize with him.
We live in an age that is at best about a century and a half old—the age of machinery and power.
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British Dictionary definitions for nuclear power
noun
power, esp electrical or motive, produced by a nuclear reactor Also called: atomic power
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Cultural definitions for nuclear power
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