Both Uses
nucleus
in
Goodbye Stranger
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- What if there was a nuclear bomb, and only the people in this room survived?†
p. 80.2nuclear = relating to the central or most important part of something
- "Nuclear bomb, nice thought," you said.†
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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)