nucleosynthetic

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adjective

Of or pertaining to nucleosynthesis

OriginEnglish synthetic ← French synthétique ← Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós) →
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Meanings

adjectivenucleosynthetic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to nucleosynthesis

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*knuks
  2. Latinnux
  3. Latinnucleu
  4. Englishnucleus
  5. Englishnucleo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱómder.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*sem-der.?
  9. Proto-Hellenic*ksún
  10. Ancient Greekσύν (sún)
  11. Ancient Greekσυν- (sun-)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
  14. Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
  15. Ancient Greekσῠντῐ́θημῐ (sŭntĭ́thēmĭ)
  16. Ancient Greekσύνθεσις (súnthesis)
  17. Ancient Greekσυνθετικός (sunthetikós)
  18. Frenchsynthétique
  19. Englishsynthetic
  20. Englishnucleosynthetic

From nucleo- + synthetic.

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Translations

French nucléosynthétique
  • nucléosynthétiqueof or pertaining to nucleosynthesis
Italian nucleosintetico
  • nucleosinteticoof or pertaining to nucleosynthesis
Cite this entry
APA

nucleosynthetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleosynthetic

MLA

“nucleosynthetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleosynthetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nucleosynthetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleosynthetic.

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