NUCLEAR ENERGY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The energy released by a nuclear reaction

Synonyms:

atomic energy; nuclear energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

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))

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