Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: cell_nucleus, lens_nucleus, nucleus

'nucleus'

[nucleus.n.01] as in: a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

'nucleus'

[nucleus.n.02] as in: the positively charged dense center of an atom

'nucleus'

[core.n.01] as in: a small group of indispensable persons or things

Examples:
five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program

'nucleus'

[nucleus.n.04] as in: (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail

'nucleus'

[nucleus.n.05] as in: any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord

'nucleus'

[lens_nucleus.n.01] as in: the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

Origins

					nucleus (English)
└── nucleus (Latin)