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NUCLEONICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nucleonics mean?
• NUCLEONICS (noun)
The noun NUCLEONICS has 1 sense:
1. the branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei
Familiarity information: NUCLEONICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of physics that studies the internal structure of atomic nuclei
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
atomic physics; nuclear physics; nucleonics
Hypernyms ("nucleonics" is a kind of...):
natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Meronyms (parts of "nucleonics"):
atomic theory (a theory of the structure of the atom)
Domain member category:
cross section ((physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns)
b; barn ((physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter)
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