How to pronounce "nucleus"

• "nucleus" pronounced in English.

• "nucleus" pronounced in Dutch.

Meanings and definitions of "nucleus"

Noun

a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

Synonyms:

• nucleus
• cell nucleus
• karyon

Noun

the positively charged dense center of an atom

Synonyms:

• nucleus

Noun

a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"

Synonyms:

• core
• nucleus
• core group

Noun

(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

Synonyms:

• nucleus

Noun

any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord

Synonyms:

• nucleus

Noun

the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

Synonyms:

• lens nucleus
• nucleus