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{
"term": "nuclear",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "using, producing or resulting from nuclear energy",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **nuclear power plant/station**"
},
{
"text": "China and India only produce a very small percentage of their electricity from **nuclear facilities**."
},
{
"text": "the nuclear industry"
},
{
"text": "nuclear-powered submarines"
},
{
"text": "a **nuclear reactor**"
},
{
"text": "**nuclear waste/fuel**"
}
],
"topics": ["The environment", "Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with weapons that use nuclear energy",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**nuclear weapons/arms**"
},
{
"text": "a nuclear bomb/missile/warhead"
},
{
"text": "a nuclear explosion/attack/war"
},
{
"text": "the country’s **nuclear capability** *(= the fact that it has nuclear weapons)*"
},
{
"text": "The country is developing a **nuclear weapons program**."
},
{
"text": "They aim to discourage the country from developing its **nuclear weapons program** further."
},
{
"text": "They argued in favour of keeping a **nuclear deterrent** *(= nuclear weapons that are intended to stop an enemy from attacking)*."
},
{
"text": "The opponents are campaigning for **nuclear disarmament**."
},
{
"text": "Years of threats by the U.S. have done nothing to curb these states' **nuclear ambitions** *(= attempts to develop nuclear weapons)*."
},
{
"text": "Russia's huge **nuclear arsenal**"
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict", "Physics and chemistry"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "of the nucleus (= central part) of an atom",
"labels": "(physics)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "nuclear particles"
},
{
"text": "a nuclear reaction"
}
],
"topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnjuːkliə(r)/",
"audio": "nu/nuclear/nuclear__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈnuːkliər/",
"audio": "nu/nuclear/nuclear__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 19th cent.: from nucleus + -ar."
}