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NUCLEAR ENERGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuclear energy mean? 

NUCLEAR ENERGY (noun)
  The noun NUCLEAR ENERGY has 1 sense:

1. the energy released by a nuclear reactionplay

  Familiarity information: NUCLEAR ENERGY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUCLEAR ENERGY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The energy released by a nuclear reaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

atomic energy; nuclear energy

Hypernyms ("nuclear energy" is a kind of...):

energy; free energy ((physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nuclear energy"):

atomic power; nuclear power (nuclear energy regarded as a source of electricity for the power grid (for civilian use))


 Context examples 


Unstable isotopes have an excess of nuclear energy and eventually decay into a stable form.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)



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