Adjective
1. (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy;
"nuclear war""nuclear weapons""atomic bombs"2. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom;
"nuclear physics""nuclear fission""nuclear forces"3. of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell;
"nuclear membrane""nuclear division"4. constituting or like a nucleus;
"annexation of the suburban fringe by the nuclear metropolis""the nuclear core of the congregation"