All 3 Uses of
nucleus
in
The Lords of Discipline
- It was not the type of body I admired—the long fluid muscles of swimmers hold more esthetic appeal for me—but it had a magnetic, almost nuclear, tension.†
Chpt 1.4nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- It was not that I lacked the desire, the necessary heat: There was something almost nuclear about the lust.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- In military science class, we followed battles, skirmishes, and troop movements; we planned imaginary landings of assault troops near Haiphong, envelopments of Hanoi, the mining of rivers, and the limited use of nuclear warheads.†
Chpt 1.10
Definition:
the center (or most important part) of something
such 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)