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nuclei

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nu·cle·i  (nkl-, ny-)
n.
A plural of nucleus.

nuclei [ˈnjuːklɪˌaɪ]
n
a plural of nucleus


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In various quiet nooks and corners I had the beginnings of all sorts of industries under way -- nuclei of future vast factories, the iron and steel missionaries of my future civilization.
They are not green like the pines, nor gray like the stones, nor blue like the sky; but they have, to my eyes, if possible, yet rarer colors, like flowers and precious stones, as if they were the pearls, the animalized nuclei or crystals of the Walden water.
 
 
 
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