nuclear power

nuclear power

n.

1. Power, especially electricity, the source of which is nuclear fission or fusion.

2. A nation or group possessing nuclear weapons.

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nuclear power

n

(Physics / General Physics) power, esp electrical or motive, produced by a nuclear reactor Also called atomic power

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Not to be used without appropriate modifier. See also civil nuclear power; major nuclear power; military nuclear power; nuclear nation; nuclear weapons state.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nuclear power - nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use) atomic power atomic energy, nuclear energy - the energy released by a nuclear reaction

Translations

nuclear power n → energia nucleare, nucleare m

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nuclear power n → energia nucleare, nucleare m