pronuclear
1 Americanadjective
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advocating the building or use of nuclear power plants.
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advocating the building, stockpiling, or use of nuclear weapons.
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adjective
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Pronunciation
See nuclear.
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Etymology
Origin of pronuclear1
First recorded in 1970–75; pro- 1 + nuclear
Origin of pronuclear2
First recorded in 1885–90; pronucle(us) + -ar 1
Example Sentences
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“I wondered what the other side of this argument was. Being pronuclear war?”
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023
The pronuclear group calculated that each of Indian Point’s reactors had been producing more power than all of the wind turbines and solar panels in the state combined.
From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2021
PN, pronuclei; PNF, pronuclear fading. b, Representative human embryo at each developmental stage analysed.
From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017
PN, pronuclei; PNF, pronuclear fading. b, Representative human embryo at each developmental stage analysed.
From Nature • Sep. 19, 2017
A station that runs an editorial opposing nuclear power, for instance, must give the pronuclear side a chance to express its views.
From Time Magazine Archive
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