Nucleus

//ˈnjuː.kli.əs//

Synonyms for "nucleus" (122 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Strong matches (36)

Related words (61)

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10 relation types

More general

13 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

at location

1 entries

coordinate

2 entries

derived

56 entries

Showing 16 of 56 words.

has context

7 entries

is a

3 entries

meronym

3 entries

part of

3 entries

related to

15 entries

Translations

250 translations across 74 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • atoomkern noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • kern noun (core, central part of something)
  • kern noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • nukleus noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Albanian

1 entries
  • bërthamë noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Arabic

3 entries
  • نَوَاة noun (core, central part of something)
  • نَوَاة noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • نَوَاة noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Armenian

2 entries
  • միջուկ noun (core, central part of something)
  • միջուկ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Asturian

2 entries
  • nucleu noun (core, central part of something)
  • nucleu noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • nüvə noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • цэнтр noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ядро́ noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Breton

2 entries
  • kraoñell noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • kraoñell noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • заро́диш noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • ядро́ noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ядро́ noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နျူကလိယ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Catalan

4 entries
  • nucli noun (core, central part of something)
  • nucli noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nucli noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nucli noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Central Kurdish

3 entries
  • ناوک noun (core, central part of something)
  • ناوک noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ناوک noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 細胞核 /细胞核 noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 原子核 noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • 核 noun (core, central part of something)
  • 核心 noun (core, central part of something)
  • 細胞核 /细胞核 noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Czech

4 entries
  • jádro noun (core, central part of something)
  • jádro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • jádro noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • střed noun (core, central part of something)

Danish

2 entries
  • cellekerne noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kerne noun (core, central part of something)

Dutch

4 entries
  • atoomkern noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • celkern noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kern noun (core, central part of something)
  • kiem noun (initial part which will receive additions)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kerno noun (core, central part of something)
  • nukleo noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tuum noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kyknukjarni noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Finnish

4 entries
  • tuma noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • ydin noun (core, central part of something)
  • ydin noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • ydin noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

French

4 entries
  • noyau noun (core, central part of something)
  • noyau noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • noyau noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • noyau noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Galician

4 entries
  • núcleo noun (core, central part of something)
  • núcleo noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • núcleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • núcleo noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბირთვი noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

German

4 entries
  • Atomkern noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • Kern noun (core, central part of something)
  • Nukleus noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • Nukleus noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Greek

4 entries
  • πυρήνας noun (core, central part of something)
  • πυρήνας noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • πυρήνας noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • πυρήνας noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • גַּרְעִין noun (core, central part of something)
  • גַּרְעִין noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ליבה \ לִבָּה noun (core, central part of something)

Hindi

4 entries
  • केंद्र noun (core, central part of something)
  • केंद्र noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • केंद्रक noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • केंद्रक noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • atommag noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • mag noun (core, central part of something)
  • mag noun (neuroanatomy: cluster of many neuronal bodies)
  • sejtmag noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • atómkjarni noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • frumeindarkjarni noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • frumukjarni noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kjarni noun (core, central part of something)

Ido

4 entries
  • nukleo noun (core, central part of something)
  • nukleo noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • nukleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nukleo noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • inti noun (core, central part of something)
  • inti noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • inti sel noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nukleus noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Irish

1 entries
  • núicléas noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Italian

4 entries
  • nucleo noun (core, central part of something)
  • nucleo noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • nucleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nucleo noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 原子核 noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • 核 noun (core, central part of something)
  • 核心 noun (core, central part of something)
  • 細胞核 noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • ядро noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ядро noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • ядро noun (neuroanatomy: cluster of many neuronal bodies)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ណ្វៃយ៉ូ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ណ្វៃយ៉ូ noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • នយស្តិ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Korean

4 entries
  • 세포핵 noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • 원자핵 noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • 핵 noun (core, central part of something)
  • 핵심 noun (core, central part of something)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ядро noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kodols noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • branduolys noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • јадро noun (core, central part of something)
  • јадро noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • јадро noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Malay

4 entries
  • nukleus noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nukleus noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nukleus noun (neuroanatomy: cluster of many neuronal bodies)
  • teras noun (core, central part of something)

Manx

1 entries
  • çheshvean noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • бөөм noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • цөм noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠮ noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Māori

3 entries
  • karihi noun (core, central part of something)
  • karihi noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • karihi noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Navajo

1 entries
  • hinááh bijéí bijéí noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • cellekjerne noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kjerne noun (core, central part of something)
  • kjerne noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • kjerne noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • cellekjerne noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kjerne noun (core, central part of something)
  • kjerne noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • kjerne noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Occitan

2 entries
  • nucli noun (core, central part of something)
  • nucli noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Persian

3 entries
  • هسته noun (core, central part of something)
  • هسته noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • هسته noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Polish

4 entries
  • jądro noun (core, central part of something)
  • jądro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • jądro noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • jądro noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • gânglio noun (neuroanatomy: cluster of many neuronal bodies)
  • núcleo noun (core, central part of something)
  • núcleo noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • núcleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Romanian

4 entries
  • miez noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • nucleu noun (core, central part of something)
  • nucleu noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • nucleu noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Russian

4 entries
  • центр noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • ядро́ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • केन्द्र noun (core, central part of something)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cridhe noun (core, central part of something)
  • cridhe noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • eitean noun (core, central part of something)
  • eitean noun (initial part which will receive additions)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • jézgra noun (core, central part of something)
  • jézgra noun (initial part which will receive additions)
  • jézgra noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • jézgra noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Slovak

3 entries
  • jadro noun (core, central part of something)
  • jadro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • jadro noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Slovene

3 entries
  • jedro noun (core, central part of something)
  • jedro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • jedro noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Spanish

3 entries
  • núcleo noun (core, central part of something)
  • núcleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • núcleo noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Swahili

2 entries
  • nyukliasi noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nyukliasi noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Swedish

4 entries
  • atomkärna noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • cellkärna noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • kärna noun (core, central part of something)
  • kärna noun (linguistics: centre of a syllable)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • butod noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • butod noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nukleo noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ядро noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Tamil

1 entries
  • அணுக்கரு noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Thai

1 entries
  • นิวเคลียส noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Turkish

3 entries
  • hücre çekirdeği noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nükleus noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • çekirdek noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • ýadro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • центр noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (core, central part of something)
  • ядро́ noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • ядро́ noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مَرکَزَہ noun (core, central part of something)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yadro noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • hạt nhân noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • nhân noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • nhân tế bào noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)

Welsh

3 entries
  • cnewyllyn noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)
  • cnewyllyn noun (cytology: large organelle found in cells)
  • niwclews noun (physics: massive, positively charged core of an atom)

Sample sentences

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You two are the nucleus of the team.

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A great deal of energy is locked up in the nucleus.

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Electrons orbit around the nucleus of the atom.

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Protons can be found at the nucleus of an atom.

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