All 7 Uses
nucleus
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The Lost Hero
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- Are you hydraulic or nuclear-powered or what?†
Chpt 12nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- Equipment was everywhere—hydraulic lifts, welding torches, hazard suits, air-spades, forklifts, plus something that looked suspiciously like a nuclear reaction chamber.†
Chpt 12
- She looked around furtively like she was delivering nuclear materials.†
Chpt 15
- The air hummed with power, molecules splitting apart like a nuclear explosion.†
Chpt 25
- His eyes were hollow, shell-shocked, like someone who'd just walked through a nuclear wasteland.†
Chpt 44
- Just outside, a blue mushroom cloud billowed up, raining snowflakes and ice like a nuclear blast made of cold instead of heat.†
Chpt 48 *
- Piper hadn't seen the goddess go nuclear.†
Chpt 51
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)