Both Uses
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The Lightning Thief
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- Where his eyes should've been, there was only fire, empty sockets glowing with miniature nuclear explosions.†
Chpt 15 *nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- Fly, like, in an airplane, which you were warned never to do lest Zeus strike you out of the sky, and carrying a weapon that has more destructive power than a nuclear bomb?†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(nucleus) the center (or most important part) of somethingsuch as:
- in physics: the center of an atom where protons & neutrons are found
- in biology: the center of a cell where DNA is found
- in sociology: the closest family (mother/father/children in contrast to the extended family)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)