Meanings
adjectivenucleate (comparative more nucleate, superlative most nucleate)
comparative more nucleate · superlative most nucleate
verbnucleate (third-person singular simple present nucleates, present participle nucleating, simple past and past participle nucleated)
present singular third person nucleates · participle present nucleating · participle past nucleated · past nucleated
- To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus.
Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 113
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving a nucleus or occurring in the nucleus
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